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Business costs calculator to help govt implement policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2006
Public servants proposing new legislation will be able to use a real life business costs calculator to assess how much their proposals are adding to business costs.

Industry groups ecstatic over red tape rationalisation proposals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2006
Industry groups are falling over themselves to applaud government proposals to rationalise government red tape.

Future Fund appointee's business cops downgrades from Fitch

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2006
Fitch Ratings has downgraded all funds formerly under the watch of Future Fund board appointee Trevor Rowe's company N M Rothschild and Sons (Australia) (NMRA) following last week's announcement NMRA had offloaded that part of the business to Invesco ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open sharply weaker as softer commodity prices and a poor lead from the US ensure a softer start for the domestic bourse.

Genesys hunts for new Qld firms under BOQ deal

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2006
Genesys Wealth Advisers (Genesys) has started the search to recruit nine new member firms following the announcement of a new alliance with Bank of Queensland (BOQ).

Super funds to inject $1.5bn more into Aussie hedge funds

An academic survey has predicted that current allocation by many of the top super funds to hedge funds will jump by $1.5 billion in the next two to five years, an increase from the current average allocation of 2.9 per cent to 4.1 per cent.

ING and St George top online savings account survey

ING's Direct Savings Maximiser, Direct Business Optimiser and St George's directsaver have been named the top three online service account (OSA) providers based on customer satisfaction, according to the latest Investment Trends survey.

Investec Australia buys NM Rothschild

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2006
Specialist investment bank Investec Bank Australia yesterday said it signed a heads of agreement to acquire NM Rothschild & Sons (Australia).

ASIC shadow shopping: the good, the bad and the ugly

The much-anticipated shadow shopping survey conducted by ASIC post-choice has revealed that around 80 per cent of financial advisers gave 'reasonable advice' or better, but an unacceptably high 20 per cent made consumers worse-off.

Lonsec says big brand small caps are back

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2006
Research and ratings group, Lonsec have completed a review of 24 funds, which included small cap funds, micro cap focused funds and a mid cap focused fund, that has resulted in three upgrades and four downgrades.