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HSBC announces first int'l RMB bond

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... launched outside Chinese sovereign territories. The move dovetailed with an initiative launched by George Osborne, British chancellor of the exchequer, to make London a centre for offshore RMB trade. "Today's event emphasises that we are not prepared ...

Govt names Foreign Investment Review chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... in the funds management and investment management sectors. In addition to his role as FIRB chair, Wilson is deputy chancellor of the University of Technology, Sydney, non executive director of Bell Financial Group and a member of the Payments System ...

Where now brown cow?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... at peace now after Greece got its second bailout, there's still Murphy's Law to worry about. Just last night, German Chancellor Angela Merkel reminded us of this, declaring that the relative calm over the sovereign debt crisis was just a "phase". "Concerning ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... Europe. "The ECB (European Central Bank)'s opposition to stepping up and doing a bond purchase program, and (German chancellor Angela) Merkel saying she was against expanding the bailout fund anymore are factors," he said. "Last night the ECB guys said ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... they risk losing their triple A ratings. The pullback came despite gains in US and European markets and after German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy said they would push for a rewrite of the European Union's governing rules ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... per cent. On Monday eyes moved to Europe, where a mini-summit involving French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hopes to come up with a plan to save the eurozone. Their proposals will go in front of EU heads at a full summit ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... points, a leap of 11 per cent for the week. Milan rose 1.52 per cent and Madrid soared 1.63 per cent on Friday. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a major speech on Friday that the eurozone was already taking steps to create a fiscal union. President ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... shook confidence in the safe haven status of Europe's biggest economy. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy wanted German Chancellor Angela Merkel to drop her refusal to allow the European Central Bank (ECB) to become a lender of last resort for weaker ...

ASX names former ASIC head new Corp Governance chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... Funds ManagementWestpac's insurance companies, and National e-Conveyancing Development Limited. Cameron is also deputy chancellor of the University of Sydney.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... Papandreou said he planned to hold a referendum on the bailout package. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have said Greece must decide if it wants to stick to the terms of a bailout package and stay in the eurozone. ...