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Economic round-up: Circle your wagons

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2007
While we continue to ride the resources boom, it seems that our cash starved infrastructure is beginning to hit the country's coffers where it hurts - in the mining sector. Hundreds of wagons once used to transport Queensland coal are lying idle throughout ...

ING PEAL backs second Quadrant fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... equity managers. The strategic plans put in place by our managers in a number of the earlier investments are starting to bear fruit and provide excellent prospects for attractive returns for our shareholders."

A fist full of dollars

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
Treasurer Peter Costello shook Australia's money tree last night, raining dollars down on tax payers, but can it bear the same yield in years to come when the mining boom ends? It's only reasonable to expect that, with such abundance as the Australian ...

Not easy being green

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
... share of the Government's expected $15 billion surplus is a result of our resources boom. However, Peter Costello may still bear some resemblance to Santa Clause, while the pretty pre-election 'just look what we've done for you' package, will no doubt ...

Maximise returns, don't follow ideology: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... invest, then I think there is a place in the market. "But I think the most important thing for superannuation trustees to bear in mind is they have a duty to maximise returns for their investors," said Costello. The problem is superannuation's long term ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
... manufacturers as well as legislators. The US Senate has been increasingly active for the last couple of years in bringing pressure to bear on the Chinese authorities to at least appreciate their overly cheap currency which has assisted the competitiveness ...

Fund managers still favour international shares

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
Australian fund managers have held their course through the market turbulence of 2007, continuing to prefer international share exposures, according to the latest Russell Investment Manager Outlook survey. The Russell IMO surveys Australian fund managers ...

SEC considers limits to private hedge funds investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2007
... is a reasonable way of assuring that private pools are only available to persons that have the ability to understand and bear the risks associated with a private pool," said the ICI in a letter to the SEC earlier this month. "The Institute also strongly ...

Private equity lending restrained at Westpac

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2007
... briefing this week. The bank has been active in supporting private equity transactions "that are appropriately structured and bear acceptable risk," Chronican said. He said many of the bank's core customers were increasingly involved in private equity ...

China funds under pressure?

... been positioning the fund in anticipation of a correction. First, she invested in shares which are more likely to ride out a bear market and, second, the fund's exposure to highly liquid shares was increased over the past 12 months in case of short-term ...