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Super fund backs News Corp independence push

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... Murdoch. Leading the calls to have Murdoch replaced as chairman are the US-based Christian Brothers Investment Services and Britain's Local Authority Pension Fund Forum. They have drafted a resolution calling for an independent chairman, for shareholders ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... was bad news almost everywhere from Australian broadcaster Alan Jones chastised by the media (social or otherwise) to Britain's princess Kate snapped - bottomless this time - in France. Oops, sorry wrong news. What's not supposed to happen are the equity ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... full bailout. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies rose 0.20 per cent to 5,779.42 points after official data showed Britain's recession-hit economy shrank less than initially thought in the second quarter. Frankfurt's Dax 30 climbed 0.19 per cent ...

AMP Capital, Macquarie sells infra to Asia's richest man

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... well as other AMP Capital managed funds. Last year Cheung Kong paid approximately US$4bn for Northumbrian Water, one of Britain's biggest water utilities. Cheung Kong already owns infrastructure businesses in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, mainland ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... European blue-chips. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index closed essentially unchanged at 5498.32 points despite news that Britain's recession deepened substantially in the second quarter of 2012. British gross domestic product slumped by a worse-than-expected ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... main rate at a record low of 0.50 per cent and announced STG50 billion ($A76 billion) in additional stimulus to boost Britain's recession-hit economy. That brought the total amount of stimulus provided by the BoE so far to STG375 billion ($A572.91 billion). ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... with a decision by the BoE to pump out an additional STG50 billion ($A76.78 billion) in stimulus to boost recession-hit Britain. When trading ended for the day in London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index was essentially unchanged at 5,684.47 points. US markets ...

Philanthropy needs simpler support: Perpetual Private

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... lack of trust in government and in policy," Thomas said. The public treatment of private philanthropy is topical, with Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne using his budget speech in March to argue tax breaks to wealthy donors were overly ...

Research: Australian private banks fall behind

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... tellingly for the state of the local market, CoreData, which conducted a similar survey in the UK, found that although Britain's top three private banks got marked at an average of more than eight out of 10 by clients on satisfaction, the top three scores ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... private-sector building even though the overall data was being held back by government spending cutbacks. LONDON - Shares listed on Britain's stock exchange have climbed higher as investors were cheered by upbeat US economic data in the absence of input ...