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AIG Australia to be retained

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... operation, which is continuing its growth program through a major product overhaul due for launch in December 2008 and a series of new technology releases in 2009. Some Asian AIG business units are for sale however, for example, their Philippine American ...

Fed on Zero Interest Rate Policy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... Paribas; to shore up its capital ratio, Italian bank UniCredit asked its shareholders for 3 billion euros and 'implemented a series of cost-cutting measures, and the execution of other extraordinary transactions currently underway or envisaged.' All ...

Military Super names Watson as new chief

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... and service providers, and I will continue to follow its progress with interest," he said. Watson's departure caps off a series of high profile movements at the fund. Former chief executive Steve Gibbs resigned in December to be replaced by new chief ...

Blue chip shares open to retail

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... structured investments that provide leveraged exposure to blue chip Aussie stocks. The new offering, J.P. Morgan's ASX 20+ Series 2, gives investors upside exposure to a portfolio of 20 of the largest ASX-listed stocks with capital protection. Investors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... fell even more, by 199.61 points, or 9.14 per cent, to 1,983.73. LONDON - European stock markets plunged on Monday, as a series of US and European bank failures rattled investor hopes that the financial crisis might be contained. Dealers said news of ...

Clear focus to drive age pension reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... argues the Institute of Actuaries (IA) in a new discussion paper. The paper, New Ideas for Age Pension Reform, outlines a series of policy and tactical options the IA said the government could consider in its current pensions review and in the Henry ...

Bail-out might breach US constitution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... political and legislative impasse, momentum is growing that Paulson will have to dramatically modify the propsal and outline a series of measures that will ensure the situation never occurs again, from improved disclosure, prohibition of practices that ...

Mahogany assesses Lehman exposure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listed, Mahogany Capital is voluntarily suspending the trading of its $75 million Notes Series I ahead of possible financing issues with Lehman Brothers. The firm announced the trading halt two days ago and then officially ...

America on its knees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... Treasury Department announced the initiation of a temporary Supplementary Financing Program. The program will consist of a series of Treasury bill auctions, separate from Treasury's current borrowing program, with the proceeds from these auctions to ...

Challenger goes public

THE SHEET  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
... discovery difficult. A case in point was Suncorp-Metway's mid-week private placement of A$400 million of prime RMBS via Apollo Series 2008-3 Trust. The 'AAA' rated notes, which have a 2.7 year weighted average life, were priced at 130 bps over bank bills. ...