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GFC in a fortnight

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... Dawson Waldron and Telstra plans to shed 100 jobs and 350 call centre staff, respectively. Reported losses at big corporations such as Lend Lease, Westfield and Insurance Australia Group only mean one thing - more job losses - as they try to preserve ...

Parlie inquiry into sales commissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... Henry taxation review and the Harmer pension review. The Inquiry falls under the auspices of the Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services. Its members are Chair Burnie Ripoll (ALP Qld), Deputy Chair Senator Brett Mason (Lib Qld), Senator ...

Adviser charged for contempt of court

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009
... of advising other individuals about securities or dealing in securities except as otherwise permitted by the then Corporations Law. ASIC commenced contempt of court proceedings in the Supreme Court of New South Wales in November 2008. ASIC alleged that ...

Sherry's to-do list for 2009

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... projects this year. Senator Sherry said it was a high priority for him to settle the regulations for the recently passed Corporations Amendment (Short Selling) Act 2009. The Act allows ASIC to regulate short selling, bans on naked short selling and will ...

Gung Hay Fat Choy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... of all, the national government made an offer they can't refuse (or its off with their heads) to its state-owned corporations - and there are plenty of them - not to stop investment (in buildings and equipments and people). And could its banks and lending ...

Vanguard launches gov bond fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... issued by the Commonwealth Government of Australia and Australian State Government guaranteed authorities and treasury corporations. Roger McIntosh, principal and head of fixed iInterest, Vanguard Investments Australia said a key feature of the Fund ...

2009: The lost year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... What is more, banks are tightening lending standards as the recession has increased the likelihood of defaults by corporations and citizens alike. Fiscal largesse in terms of tax cuts and extra dole outs are not being spent and instead used to pay down ...

Alaskan fund appoints HarborVest Partners

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
The $43 billion Alaska Permanent Fund Corporations (APFC) is not letting the bear market slow its private equity investments as the fund hires HarborVest Partners to manage a new PE portfolio. APFC last week appointed US investment specialist HarborVest ...

Thank you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... grateful for and commemorate. Thank you that national governments, monetary authorities and government insurance corporations are harvesting all the toxic wastes littering financial institutions' balance sheets and fouling their bottom lines. Thank you ...

Free money can be costly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  SUNDAY, 23 NOV 2008
... the financial crisis progresses. The asset price deflation that is currently underway still has some ways to go as corporations continue to clean their balance sheets. In this process of cleansing and deleveraging, jobs are lost and demand weakens and ...