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Abu Dhabi opens investment doors

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
... Commercial Bank (ADCB) said that while UAE's high inflation may delay these ambitions, the underlying support by the government for all projects - was a comforting factor for future investors. Among the biggest of these projects is a port with capacity ...

Not much of a fix from the freeze

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
There may still be plenty of questions over the virtue and mechanics of the planned "freezing" of loan interest rates for several hundred thousand distressed home loan borrowers in the US. The US government formally outlined the plan this morning without ...

After failed IPO, Snowy Hydro still top rated

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
Moody's Investors Service has upgraded Snowy Hydro's senior unsecured rating to A3, up from Baa1, in a rating review that commenced when Snowy Hydro first announced plans to conduct its now abandoned IPO. Moody's said Snowy Hydro's baseline credit analysis ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2006
... lacking commercial operations to be turned around. Meanwhile the LPG discussion heats up as charities criticise the government for not allowing them the level of concessions allowed to private vehicle owners who last week were granted $1000 for buyers ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... neutral, being neither expansionary nor contractionary. Australia's farmers have continued to lobby the Federal Government for a free trade agreement with China with exports to China increasing three-fold in the last decade, according to the National ...

Industry gives new AML/CTF Bill the nod

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2006
... Association (IFSA) deputy chief executive officer, John O'Shaughnessy, also said they will continue to lobby the government for an extended transition time. "We're pleased with the progress to date. It's a risk weighted approach which translates to common ...

Daily Economic Update

The US National Association of Realtors (NAR) expects existing home sales to fall by 6.0 per cent this year, new home sales to drop by 10.9 per cent and housing starts to decline by 3.2 per cent. These forecasts, if proved correct, have serious ramifications ...

Fin literacy won't happen overnight, but it will happen: Clitheroe

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2006
... we can say that in the future no Australian will be ripped off." "But the good news is there is now a passion in government for financial literacy," he said.

Gen X and Y oblivious to super choice: Max Super

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2006
... a paper to government next week pushing changes to the current superannuation system. "We are appealing to the government for one standard roll-over form and an agreed set of identification protocols." "The other thing we are suggesting, though it's ...

IFSA to pressure Government for super tax breaks

IFSA will renew the push for the Government to cut front-end superannuation tax, saying such incentives would stem the current retirement savings gap of $452 billion to less than half of its current size. IFSA's Richard Gilbert said high on the agenda ...