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Temasek boosts Singapore SMEs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... commercial discipline in investment decisions". As a result, the government is inviting private equity managers with experience in SME investing to submit a proposal to access the funds. Temasek Holdings is an Asia investment house headquartered in Singapore. ...

VicSuper wins sustainability award

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... their corporate performance with stakeholders. Last year VicSuper won in three categories of Best Sustainability Report, Best SME Report and Best Report. This year the fund also received best report for a small to medium sized enterprise for the third ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
The Australian share market has lost some of its early gains but remains higher at noon as stocks follow positive leads from markets in the United States and Europe. At 1201 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 20.3 points, or 0.43 per cent, at ...

True Lies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
"Same thing happened to me with wife number two, 'member? I have no idea nothing's going on, right? I come home one day and the house is empty, and I mean completely empty. She even took the ice cube trays out of the freezer. What kind of a sick bitch ...

Stress test stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
Look ma, I passed the test! Hip, hip... Eighty-four European banks received their certificate of financial health from the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) over the weekend. They'll survive a recession and a sovereign debt crisis if ...

A stitch in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
Finally! That source of international angst and condemnation, that much debated, much awaited Chinese currency revaluation is coming! It's good news for financial markets. Positive speculation abound after the People's Bank of China (PBOC) posted the ...

Resistance grows to SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
Opposition is growing to increasing the Superannuation Guarantee and the super funds industry has a major fight on its hands. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) said it rejects financial services industry claims that the SG increase ...

AMP rationalises super and pension prods

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... has launched AMP Flexible Super, an all-in-one super and retirement product for retail and small to medium size enterprises (SME). AMP Flexible Super builds on Flexible Lifetime SuperEasy, the low-cost entry-level product that was launched last year ...

Euro downs Supermodel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
Europhobe. Dictionary.com defines this as "a person who dislikes Europe, its culture, and Europeans," to which we may now add, the euro. Yes Virginia, it seems most of us are turning Europhobes now. Greece gave euros a bad smell and now financial markets ...

Shocked, not awed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010
Shocked maybe...but not awed. The recent financial market movements -- yes, those downs... then ups... then downs -- we've seen this week immediately before and after the European Union's announcement of a 750 billion bail out package indicate that ...