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Daily economic update

The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) reported a 2.9 per cent fall in its skilled vacancies index in January, led by a 3.6 per cent decline in openings for trades. Automotive trades posted the biggest decline (9.2 per cent) in ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2006
The Australian share market should open stronger if futures levels are any measure despite a negative lead from Wall Street. US stocks fell on Tuesday after the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point for the 14th ...

ME Bank profit surges but needs to lend more

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2006
Members Equity Bank reported a significant increase in after tax profit in 2005, but its profitability and return on equity will continue to suffer unless it can grow its personal loans and credit card book faster. Net profit after tax of $1.71 million ...

S&P react to TOWER PrefSure deal

S&P ratings services (S&P) have reacted to yesterday's announcement that TOWER group (TOWER) has bought PrefSure Life Ltd (PrefSure) to shore up and grow their master trust and life insurance business. S&P have left TOWER's ratings unchanged for now ...

Retirees to keep working and leave nothing for the kids

Forty-eight per cent of retirees plan to live off the pension and more than two-thirds of Australians will spend their money rather than save it for their children. These are the findings emanating from two studies, one published by AXA and the other ...

Private equity and M&A market activity to stay strong in 2006: Gresham

Private equity market activity is expected to continue during 2006 with a range of players preparing for new capital raisings or launching services to cater for the growing interest in the sector. Private equity investment specialist Gresham is one ...

AIOFP forms Westpoint Recovery Fund

An estimated 4,000 investors are reported to have been caught out in the $300 million Westpoint sinkhole after ASIC forced it to shut down its finance companies Ann Street Mezzanine and York Street. But the finger pointing has intensified with Westpoint ...

Senior Tax Offset makes super less attractive for older investors

The introduction of the Senior Tax Offset may make super less attractive for investors at retirement or pension age, which may be a deterrent for people being pushed to fast-track their super savings. Personal investments commentator Darryl Dixon told ...

INVESCO advances Australia flair

Investors may be seeing an exodus to international equities funds but Rohan Walsh, fund manager at INVESCO Australian Share Fund, says investors can have their cake and eat it too - at home. Walsh has been managing the fund since 1994, and it has posted ...

Use structured products to complement private equity investing: Absolute Capital

The consistent income flow of structured products can be used to complement the J-curve nature of private equity investing where income may not flow for years and capital gains may not materialise until the asset is sold. Deon Joubert, group managing ...