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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... several fronts. The airline says the industrial action taken by the licensed engineers', pilots' and Transport Workers' unions has cost it $68 million. Qantas opened up two cents, at $1.59, and stayed there during morning trade. Meanwhile, Macquarie ...

Statewide and Local enter merger due diligence

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... Juliet Brown, said the proposed merger to create a $4 billion fund was approved by shareholders including Business SA, SA Unions, the Local Government Association, Australian Services Union and the Australian Workers Union. PriceWaterhouseCoopers, KPMG ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... conspiring with News Ltd to undermine the carbon tax. BHP - BHP BILLITON LTD - up 73 cents, or two per cent, at $37.63 Unions will take industrial action at another two central Queensland mines to further pressure BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) ...

Smaller lenders to take brunt of Basel III reforms

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
Smaller institutions such as credit unions and building societies are likely to be hardest hit by the Basel III capital reforms, said PwC, following the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's release of a discussion paper on the subject. APRA ...

Goodbye or good buy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2011
... and Fannie Mae got chopped, so were "farm lenders; long-term U.S. government-backed debt issued by 32 banks; and credit unions and three major clearinghouses, which are used to execute trades of stocks, bonds and options." Were financial markets really ...

USA no longer AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... to this action, the federal banking agencies are providing the following guidance to banks, savings associations, credit unions, and bank and savings and loan holding companies (collectively, banking organizations). For risk-based capital purposes, the ...

Super Choice did not change super habits

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... not making active choices," she said. Reynolds said the award system was important as it was where employers, workers and unions got together to decide what the fund would be in the event that people don't make choices. "They don't want hidden fees and ...

Improved governance called for all round

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... Australia's biggest fund with $42 billion and 1.8 million members is run by six nominees of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, six from employer group Australian Industry Group plus one independent director, it says on its website. REST Superannuation ...

Trade union boss pushes for SG raise

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
The Australian Council of Trade Unions president, Ged Kearney, has voiced her support for a higher super guarantee and urged women in the super industry to maintain the fight for equal rights and to demand more action from government figures. Speaking ...

Consolidated super corporation appoints board

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... McCullagh and Mr Peter Feltham, Ms Winsome Hall and Ms Nadine Flood have been nominated by the Australian Council of Trade Unions. Board members have been appointed for terms of up to three years.