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Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... all-time low of 1 per cent - revealed that the MPC gave the BoE Governor the green light to seek authority from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to expand the money supply via quantitative easing. European leaders met in Berlin over the weekend to discuss ...

Worst of the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... when it was created in 1694. The BoE's action also confirms the deep anxiety gripping not only the BoE, but also the Chancellor of the Exchequer. BoE Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member David Blanchflower have voiced out these concerns. While acknowledging ...

ANU down $100 million

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
The global sharemarket correction has cost the Australian National University (ANU) $100 million. The ANU vice-chancellor, Professor Ian Chubb, said their portfolio is down about 8 per cent, but he added that they didn't need the money right now and ...

UK closes PE tax "loophole"

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2007

Economic round up: savings follow interest rates

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
... points. Higher UK rates will no doubt, add to pressure on consumers shouldering a record debt of just over A$3 trillion. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling told the Financial Times that he is concerned that Britons who took out two-year fixed ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
Some good news with respect to Australia's skills development and technological strength following the announcement by Education, Science and Training Minister Julie Bishop that the national science organisation CSIRO will receive $2.5 billion in funding. ...

MTAA Super appoints new chairman

... servant, Dr. Allan Hawke, as independent director and chairman of the fund's Trustee Board. Dr. Hawke is the current Chancellor of the Australian Naitonal University and holds other appointments such as with the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public ...

Joining a DB fund the ultimate choice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
The forced demise of defined benefit (DB) super because of fund consolidation and a changing workforce has unfairly cast DB funds as last century thinking. But that totally misses the point. Ann Byrne, Unisuper chief executive officer, said, "People ...

Daily Economic Update

... interest rates this month for the first time in five years keep a lid on inflation. Financial markets expect German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government to raise its own national growth forecast of 1.2 per cent after its next review in late January ...

UK pension funds weaker than Oz

... billion) originally invested in UK equities in the previous quarter went to non-UK equities. This coincides with the Chancellor Gordon Brown's push for UK pension fund managers to strengthen its exposure to the global properties sector including in Australia's ...