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Levy disaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011

CalPERS returns 12.5pc in 2010

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2011
... in 2010 prove that our comprehensive evaluation of all our investments is paying off for our members, employers and taxpayers."

When Irish eyes are frowning

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... out, while calls from German officials for investors to share some of the burden that is currently being borne by its taxpayers has led to fears over haircuts on bond investments. Victor Rodriguez, head of fixed income at Aberdeen Asset Management Australia ...

Whac-a-mole 2.0

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... institution's head - Bear Sterns, Fannie/Freddie, AIG - the US Fed/Treasury tandem would whack next with billions of dollars of taxpayers' money. As is to be expected whac-a-mole 2.0 is an upgraded, bigger version where instead of only financial institutions ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... tax collections climbed 17 percent" in the year to October. Now how could the Uncle Sam collect more tax revenues from taxpayers if Americans are really in such a bad state as some pundits claim? The answer is they're not. And their lot is improving. ...

QE2 or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... Great Depression. Politics got in the way. Citizens demanded jobs - they got currency wars and protectionist policies. Taxpayers wailed over spendthrift governments - they got tighter fiscal spending. These policies all prolonged the depression. The ...

Align preservation and retirement age: DoFD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... (and their inheritors) should continue to have their health and aged care services subsidised to the current extent by taxpayers, many of whom are in less fortunate circumstances."

Infra bonds get conditional industry support

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... Infrastructure Australia and the Office of Financial Management would receive a tax break of 10 percent. The annual cost to taxpayers would be capped at $150 million per annum and the Coalition said it could raise as much as $20 billion for infrastructure ...

US fin reforms win pension fund support

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... plug the gaps that contributed to the recent financial crisis. It's good for shareowners, good for business and for taxpayers."

US Congress passes Wall Street reforms

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... Secretary Tim Geithner said the Dodd-Frank reforms approved by the US Congress this week will ensure that banks, not taxpayers, will pay for future bank failures, and protect consumers from Wall Street greed. Yesterday the 'Wall Street Reform and Consumer ...