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Law firm rubbishes Grattan fee report

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... ought to focus on the presence of economic rent, not on costs. Rent is the concept used by economists to describe the quantum of profit above that required to compensate for the risk undertaken. The appropriate question, then, is whether there are participants ...

Calm over Crimea and US houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... volatile - and more interest rate sensitive - permits for single-family units declined by another 1.8% in February (the same quantum it did in the previous month). Blame it on the weather. Let old man winter take the fall... but to conclude that last ...

Oh what a feelin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... emergence of low-cost (ergo, cheaper vehicle) Asian imports." It's plain and simple and to be expected.A You don't need a quantum physicist to divine this nor... errr, an "up-date" in Bachelor of Economics. The reactions are equally expected! What happens ...

SIFMA talks up Wall Street cyber defences

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... adequately, it was the soft attack weapons that were the most difficult to deal with. The simulation exercise, code named 'Quantum Dawn 2', was conducted in July on a specially established closed network coordinated by the Department of Homeland Security. ...

Wall Street to stage cyberattack wargame drill

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... attacks they are staging an all out system wide drill to test their preparedness and countermeasures. The drill, code named Quantum Dawn 2, is set down for 28 June and is being co-ordinated by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association ...

Quantum makes T1 bonds available to retail investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
Fund manager Quantum has launched a product that allows retail investors to access some of the high yielding T1 bonds issued by the four major trading banks. "This is the opportunity that we saw - to release a product that gave retail investors the ...

Soros family office buys into Man United

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
George Soros has taken a 7.85% stake in Manchester United through his family office investment arm, Quantum Partners. News of the purchase surfaced yesterday after the Financial Times cited a filing with the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). ...

ECT assessments spike on government cap decision

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... trustees, in addition to members, are acknowledging the importance of properly planning and managing contributions. "The quantum of the amounts means it could become quite easy for the Government to rely on," said Dunn. "Fortunately I think we'll continue ...

Quantum launches US residential fund

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
Australian funds management group Quantum has launched a US residential property fund to invest in single family homes in economically sound cities. The fund aims to take advantage of the steep decline in US property prices, low interest rates and the ...

Willing America into a dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
... double-dip in the US and Europe that one and all fear. This was the same message George Soros, founder and manager of Quantum Fund, conveyed during his interview with Germany's Der Spiegel magazine last week. Asked if we're going to see a double-dip ...