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The GFC is still among us: Varoufakis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... Eurozone is facing are a result of "a problem of the architecture of the Eurozone." "Europeans like to think that the European Union is the magnificent construction of the EU spirit. But none of that is true: the EU was created by the United States," ...

Super fund chief in Paris for climate talks

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... issue domestically but they both point to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions over time," Simm said. "The European Union has got a firm, ambitious commitment and it has done since the 1990s. Put those three blocs together and you've got a good ...

HESTA chief advocates better tax reform

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... overseas models that recognise and value the important social and economic contribution that carers make. "Almost all European Union members and many South American countries have reformed their pension and retirement systems to address gender equity ...

OPINION: Why ditching the monarchy makes sense in the Asian century

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... Philippines and Thailand. This is designed to build a regional trading structure which diminishes the influence of the European Union's "UCITS" regime. The central idea is that the Asian region and not Europe should benefit from the Asian region getting ...

Government debt is not bad: Sicilia

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... deficit is sustainable," Sicilia said. Internationally Sicilia said a burning question remained as to whether the European Union can survive over the long term. "The short-termists, especially those that form their beliefs on economic grounds alone without ...

Japan joins Asia Region Funds Passport

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... competition and choice. "The passport will offer investment managers across the region a viable alternative to the European Union's regime which has a strong foothold in Asia. It will mean the economic benefits of cross-border financial services will ...

A Greek offer that cannot be refused

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... euros to pay for the lawyers (and at this level they will be very expensive) to litigate the bejeesus out of the European Union (EU). Then again, there would be some legal office somewhere that could take on its case 'pro bono'. Then we're back to the ...

Australian market set for further falls

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... Minister Alexis Tsipras has called a referendum on whether to accept a bailout and reform package from the country's European Union and IMF creditors and is urging citizens to vote against the package. That could precipitate the country's departure from ...

Greek crisis drives Australian market down

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... restrictions would be imposed on cash withdrawals. Talks between Greece and its creditors broke down at the weekend. European Union and International Monetary Fund negotiators rebuffed Greece's request to extend a bailout offer past the June 30 deadline ...

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... problems. For while I'm reasonably confident that Greece's creditors would again extend a lifeline to Athens, the European Union (EU) has also extended one for Russia - economic sanctions. Optimism over reports that Greece and its creditors are close ...