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Greens plan to fell Westpac-backed logging

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... withdrawal of environmental awards previously given to Westpac via the Banksia Environmental Foundation, which administers the Prime Minister's environmental award with government funding. The Greens also used the motion to call on the Government to ...

Bad news sells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... y'all! But wait, I almost forgot, there were some interesting news that came out yesterday. Although reports that Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, is plans to build a spaceship headed for Mars (amid slowing growth in his country) is interesting ...

Sun setting on the Land of the Rising Sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012

ACCI calls for right to sue foreign govs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... provisions, these would cover breach of contract or property rights. The campaign launched with a letter in July to the Prime Minister in which 16 parties including state chambers of commerce, a top tier legal firm, barristers, academics and the Chartered ...

Double A USA - the scare that wasn't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... up and down on every blah that comes out of anybody who's somebody's lips. I don't think anybody could argue that Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti is somebody. Thus, when he blahed to Germany's Spiegel magazine that, "The tensions that have accompanied ...

State Street acquires GS hedge fund admin services

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... management team, are expected to join State Street following the close of the transaction, which does not include Goldman Sachs' Prime Brokerage business. "Servicing alternative assets remains a strategic focus for State Street. We expect that GSAS clients ...

Liars' Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... untrue." - Billy Joel, Honesty "There won't be a GST under the government I lead" promised Johnny Howard before being elected prime minister of Australia. "There won't be a carbon tax in a government I lead" promised Julia Gillard. Liar, liar, deym liars. ...

Highly educated SMSF investors prime fraud targets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
Australian men aged over 50, highly educated, financially literate and managing their own super are the most likely victims of organised investment fraud, according to a new report from the ACC. Minister of Justice Jason Clare yesterday released the ...

Dutch pension fund files against GSAM

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... funds to use higher interest rates for long term calculations may postpone the need for benefit cuts, which has been of prime concern. Earlier this year Goldman Sachs AM was sued by the Netherlands' largest pension fund, ABP in a bid to claim back losses ...

Super funds tap Barangaroo development

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... Telstra Super will be investing $250 million in the $6bn Barangaroo development alongside the Lend Lease managed Australian Prime Property Fund Commercial and the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board. Australian Prime Property Fund (APPF) Commercial ...