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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
... project than will the Western Australian Government. However, Western Australia is spending $55 million on that project versus the $11 million contribution from the Federal Government. Mediocre jobs performance in the US continues to point to a slowdown ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
... million increase in sales over the entire retail industry in July. Turnover is now up 6.2 per cent on a year to date basis versus the annual figure of 3.9 per cent achieved last year. Victoria was the only state not to experience an increase and the ...

Intelligently designed eLearning programs boost sales

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
... actually value. "That means researching your audience and identifying where in the sales cycle customers need instruction versus emotional engagement." Becker said a survey of nearly 200,000 consumers to have done an eLearning program, conducted by Next ...

Fees versus commission not an issue

The fees versus commissions debate is much ado about nothing according to an online survey which found that majority of financial planners say it's disclosure that counts. A Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich Australia) online survey of financial ...

Small Macq delivers big returns

... 'sweet spot' in the market is the $100 million to $500 million market cap segment. "The average PE there is 12 to 14 times versus 17 times for companies with a billion dollar plus market cap." He continued, "And the massive difference between stocks ...

Sporting sponsorships do not breach sole purpose: Freehills

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2006
... their super fund, Haines said, is the sole purpose test gets confused with ideas of how trustees should run their fund versus how the fund's assets are used. The key thing, in the case of justifying sponsorships, she said, "is the sole purpose test is ...

Daily economic report

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
... to US$102 billion. The Institute for International Economics noted that the Chinese economy is now worth US$2.2 trillion versus that of the US at US$13 trillion and with the Chinese growth rates of about 10 per cent and that of the US at 3 to 4 per cent ...

Sherry wins Labor votes with simple super plan

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2006
... to make all contributions to a central clearing house. However, Sherry did not choose to weigh in decisively on the fees versus commission debate canvassed over the conference, saying Labor would work further on policy, to "improve the advice model" ...

Vanguard says volatility points to indexing

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2006
... attached to. A problem for many. Investors needed to see their investment strategy as "blending a portfolio", not of active versus index or stock X versus stock Y, said Bowerman. This may mean some of their allocation is to indexed funds, some to active ...

Active managers still outperforming index: Navigator

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2006
... would affect some managers more than others and it was impossible to draw any hard and fast rules. In the ongoing boutique versus big brands battle, Navigator pointed to the trend of the big brands becoming more flexible and creating structures and remunerations ...