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UK edges closer to universal pension scheme

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
The ruling Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition will push ahead with plans to introduce a universal pension scheme in the UK. Chancellor George Osborne recently gave the green light for the establishment of the National Employment and Savings Trust ...

ASIC strikes back in Opus dispute

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
... with the successful renegotiation of debt facilities with the Commonwealth Bank in May. But now ASIC is appealing that ruling based on the argument that the court "erred in concluding that a deferred tax asset was not an intangible asset and could therefore ...

Introducing foreclosure-gate, the latest risk to a US recovery

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
Recent court rulings have cast doubt on millions of mortgage foreclosures across the US, potentially reducing the value of investments held by Australian institutions in related assets. Court rulings across the country have found that millions of securitized ...

Bidding time for AMP

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... potential distribution power of a combined NAB/AXA entity not assuaged by plans to spin of the North platform to IOOF. The ACCC ruling effectively eliminates a number of other players with significant wrap offerings from the equation - including CBA ...

REST Super taps Asia directly

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... with Cooper Investors last month. While $25 million may seem like a modest sum in a $17 billion portfolio, Hill is not ruling out opportunities to grow the mandate. "We feel that it's time to have a small exposure with someone who is more expert in that ...

Business still unhappy with SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... than on employees, while the lack of centralised wage fixing mechanisms mean it will not be possible for a national wage ruling to trade-off the SG increase. "[Employer groups are] disappointed that the government has conveyed the misleading impression ...

Business still unhappy with SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... than on employees, while the lack of centralised wage fixing mechanisms mean it will not be possible for a national wage ruling to trade-off the SG increase. "[Employer groups are] disappointed that the government has conveyed the misleading impression ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... points, or 0.37 per cent, to 3,567.66 points. TOKYO - Japanese shares were hit by concerns about policy deadlock after the ruling Democratic Party of Japan lost control of the Upper House of parliament at a weekend election. Having gone into the election ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... range with many investors staying on the sidelines ahead of a weekend Upper House election likely to pose challenges to the ruling party, dealers said. The Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange added 49.58 points, or 0.52 per cent, to 9,585.32. HONG ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... Stocks dropped for a second day on Tuesday after home sales dropped unexpectedly and the White House vowed to fight a court ruling against an offshore drilling moratorium. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 149 points, its biggest drop in about two ...