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Hermaphrodite economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... soon take away the economy's ovaries. Cash for clunkers - already removed 24 August. The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's (FDIC) debt guarantee program - out by 31 October. Fed's US$300 billion long-term Treasury purchase program - scheduled ...

Govt announces short selling disclosure timeline

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2009
The federal government expects to release short selling disclosure requirements in the next month, eight months after the government passed the Bill. A spokesperson for Chris Bowen, minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law ...

GIC eyes US and European investments

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
The $120 billion Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) is expanding its investment scope, appointing a company president based in America and also Europe. Lim Chow Kiat was appointed president of the corporation's European office based ...

Make advice tax deductible: IFSA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) is calling on the government to legislate for all financial advice to be tax deductible. John Brogden, chief executive at IFSA, said raising regulatory standards would more than likely increase ...

Russell appoints Liddell as head of IC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... superannuation sector working across the spectrum of issues facing investors. He joins from Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) where he spent five years overseeing QIC's implemented equities program. This program invested up to $17 billion in local ...

ASIC slaps six year ban for MIS fraud

ASIC RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
Mum-and-dad investors in South Australia have been caught out in a $15.2 million fraud carried out by yet another finance company operating without a financial services licence. ASIC has banned Jonathan Peter West, of Athelstone, South Australia from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... Insurance Australia Group Ltd, Mortgage Choice Ltd, Billabong International Ltd, Duet Group and New Zealand Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Ltd. First half results are due from APN News & Media Ltd and Macquarie Airports. Westpac Banking Corporation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
... Holdings Ltd, AGL Energy Ltd, Downer EDI Ltd, Brambles Ltd, Wesfarmers Ltd, Macquarie Infrastructure Group, Lend Lease Corporation, Adelaide Brighton Ltd, Servcorp Ltd, Challenger Infrastructure Fund, Nick Scali Ltd, Platinum Asset Management Ltd, and ...

Govt aids anti-predatory lending laws

GOVT ANNOUNCEMENT  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
Finance brokers and certains lenders will need to comply with new responsible lending laws a year earlier than planned under the updated timetable of the government's proposed consumer credit reforms. Under the new deadlines, the responsible lending ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... with Westpac, it will release its survey of consumer unemployment expectations for August. In company news, Telstra Corporation Ltd and Foxtel issue annual results. Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd posts interim results and Optus-owner Singapore Telecommunications ...