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Investment treasure in emerging Europe: QWL

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
... companies operating in new EU member countries as well as south-east European nations due to join the EU and former Soviet Union states. QWL said investment in these regions should be attractive to Australian investors, driven by the "convergence factor ...

ASX preps for emissions scheme

... aspects of an ETS. The world's first multi-country emissions trading system and the largest scheme so far was the European Union (EU) Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) which was formed in 1 January 2005. UK-listed hedge fund manager Man Investments released ...

Economic round-up: Circle your wagons

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2007
... or even months waiting on an available Australian vessel. So just when we thought the waterfront was free of rorting and union self-interests, we could be heading back into the bad old days of a decade ago with exporters bearing the costs. Whether the ...

Taxes should not target PE: BVCA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
... its members just because they are private investors who use leverage. The rebuff follows reports that the British Trades Union Congress (TUC) is lobbying for executives of leverage buy-out companies to pay tax rates of 40 per cent on profits from their ...

Economic round-up: Bank fee jump is our fault, not theirs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2007
... use the banks more and more - whether we like it or not. Of course another solution is we should start a bank or credit union of our own. To view the RBA bank fee report, click here.

IUS partners with CUNA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2007
... their members worldwide though they also service other community based organisations. In Australia 90 per cent of the credit union are already using CUNA products and services after they established a presence here in 1969. Collins said the partnership ...

Mile high wages club to soar

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... around." Peter Somerville of the Australian International Pilots Association called Jetstar's move to to put pilots on AWAs "a union-busting activity." "They are willing to pit pilot against pilot. In a safety culture that is a major, major mistake and ...

A merger made in heaven

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... are set to tie the knot in a match made in heaven. The boards of Reuters and Thomson have confirmed they are negotiating a union that will create the world's largest financial data provider. Details of the planned 8.8 billion (A$21 billion) merger were ...

Brumbie: The only Budget numbers that matter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
... ground rules. The Budget might look like a financial document because it has numbers in it, but it's really our State of the Union, State of the Republic or State of the Commonwealth. Interpreting the Budget purely on fiscal terms, as too many experts ...

Funeral funds a picture of health

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
... social catalysts driving growth in the sector, Lifeplan puts its recent success down to its 2001 acquisition of Norwich Union Funeral Plan Management and its distribution model. "Our success in this market can also be attributed to our approach to distributing ...