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Meet the $9b intangible fund

... and has returned 17.63 per cent over a three year period. Return on equity in the year to June 2006 was 49.56 per cent versus the benchmark's 20.29 per cent. "The beauty of intangible assets is that they are so much harder to replicate. You can't create ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
... and Western Australia have led the nation with annual population growth now running at 1.9 and 2 per cent respectively versus the likes of NSW on 0.9 per cent and Tasmania on 0.7 per cent. Natural increase contributed 49 per cent of the growth and migration ...

Ord Minnett STRIPES steps up the pace in Asia

... capital guaranteed products with enhanced returns will eventually become mainstream in Australia. "If you look at Australia versus the market in the UK, the reality is that these products were once available in wholesale only but not in retail [mums-and-dads ...

Public companies could learn from private equity: Tyndall

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
... to generate returns that better cash." However, Van Munster said he hoped 2007 would be a year when the private equity versus public company debate would turn the heat on public company directors, adding that as an investor into public companies he ...

Biotech bouncing back

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2007
... Australian biotech sector underperformed the S&P/ASX300 Accumulation Index over calendar 2006 by a score of 3.49 per cent versus 24.51 per cent, the last six months saw a dramatic turnaround. Interest and capital inflows from overseas investors saw shares ...

Employment mobility figures revised

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
... employment type. Those in the younger age groups tended to change employer more with 22 per cent of the 20-24 year olds versus 4.9 per cent of the 55-59 year olds and 3 per cent of those aged older than 60 years doing so during the study period. Of the ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
... points to 5509.80. Both indices hit new intraday highs in early trade. The S&P/ASX200 reached a new threshold of 5,547.30 versus the 5,496.30 record set on November 7. The All Ordinaries soared as high as 5,526 compared with its earlier record on November ...

Citigroup puts a cost on climate change

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
... needed to avoid dangerous climate change and with power generation plants responsible for about 24 per cent of emissions versus land use on 18 per cent and both agriculture and the transport industries on 14 per cent. Globally about 87 per cent of carbon ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
... to October of 7.4 per cent which was largely a function of the 7.5 per cent fall in the number of private sector houses versus the 6.7 per cent fall in the number of private sector other dwellings. On a year on year seasonally adjusted basis there are ...

Whose side are you on, asks ASIC

... conference today, Lucy talked about a range of issues concerning the industry including conflicts of interest, the commission versus fees debate and the value of advice. Lucy said that in contrast to the old days, planners are no longer merely 'distributors' ...