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Broker caught after $30m insurance scam

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
... between 1 June and 27 August 2002. The regulator claims Weston forwarded documents to Go-Kart track operators and the NSW Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation which claimed to detail insurance policies with coverage of $30 million underwritten ...

US Treasury to announce regulatory overhaul

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
The US Treasury Department has proposed sweeping changes to how their financial markets should be regulated by consolidating its huge number of regulators and bringing practices up top date to what happens around the world. The New York Times has reported ...

Job vacancies bull run falters

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
Job vacancies in Australia are finally responding to changing economic conditions falling 1.3 per cent in February to 180,300, the first time they've gone backwards in 11 quarters. The fall doesn't however yet signify an end to the job vacancy bull-run ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... finance data for January and the Westpac/Melbourne Institute release their index of consumer confidence for March. The Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations releases its leading indicator of employment, also for March. Transport ...

Stagflation cross-winds

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... Bernanke admitted price pressures could make it harder for the Fed to ensure the economy keeps growing. Based on Labor Department figures consumer prices in the US jumped 0.4 per cent in January and are close to a 16-year high of 4.3 per cent over the ...

We knew it all along: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... Little Memorial Lecture on Tuesday in Melbourne, Henry said, he and Ian Little, a former Secretary of the Victorian Department for Treasury and Finance, had discussed "the challenges posed by a near full employment economy being hit by historically high ...

FHSA tops govt agenda

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
... Working Group consists of officers from Treasury, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Department of Finance and Deregulation. Sherry said he was pleased with the number of financial services stakeholders that attended ...

Renewable energy needs super aid

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
Emerging energy market adviser and fund manager Bakers Investment Group (BIG) has warned that the government's 2020 renewable energy target will be unachievable if investment incentives halt in the sector - especially for superannuation funds. BIG has ...

Bullen heads MacarthurCook real estate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... Melbourne-based boutique fund manager MacarthurCook Limited has appointed Russell Bullen to head the firm's real estate department. Bullen brings over 15 years of real estate experience in the US and Australia to MacarthurCook, including his expertise ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
... Macy's Inc released dismal sales figures and a Federal Reserve official warned that inflation was still a key concern. Department store chain Macy's said sales at stores open at least one year fell 7.1 per cent last month, raising anxiety about Thursday's ...