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Confidence will return to Ireland: Govt

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... O'Keeffe. Last month, the Irish government finally caved into its debt pressure and requested assistance from the European Union and IMF to solve its fiscal crisis, and enable it to prop up its ailing banks. News reports note Ireland would receive a,-70 ...

Ireland gives in to EU bailout

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2010
... states...providing assistance to Ireland is warranted to safeguard financial stability in the EU and in the euro area," Euro-area finance ministers said in a statement. "A comprehensive range of measures - including deleveraging and restructuring of ...

Shorten takes on superannuation portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... and back into the junior ministry. Meanwhile, former superannuation minister Chris Bowen, who was tipped to take on the finance portfolio, has been appointed minister for immigration and citizenship. The appointment to the politically sensitive post ...

StatewideSuper appoints new board member

STATEWIDE SUPER ANNOUNCEMENT  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... facing the industry makes him a valuable addition to the board. StatewideSuper's board has a wealth of investment and finance experience and consists equally of employee representatives (nominated by SA Unions) and employer representatives (nominated ...

Detox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
... and deficit hole they dug themselves in -- their growth outlook is not looking too flash now. Portugal has frozen public sector wages, restricted social services, raised taxes and privatised state assets. More tax hikes are planned. Spain cut spending ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... formally approved bailout funds for Greece. Germany's government also approved bailout assistance while European Union finance ministers agreed on a euro750 billion ($A1.08 trillion) EU and International Monetary Fund safety net for troubled eurozone ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... remaining dominant themes. Investors turned to defensive stocks early in the day but funds returned to the major resource and finance sectors later in the session to send the major indices higher. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed up 11.5 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... general meetings. On Monday, the Australian share market closed just over one per cent higher after gains in the resources sector but volumes were thin ahead of the US retail sales figures for October. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 48.8 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... slid to a 12-year low on fears about financial system stability. Investors mostly shrugged off a comment from Japan's finance minister that the government is studying measures to support the stock market, as the Nikkei briefly touched 7,155.16 -- not ...

Clitheroe and Kelty honoured

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... securities founding director Paul Clitheroe was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his service to the finance sector through the promotion of financial literacy and to the community. He is currently chairman of the advisory board to ...