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Food shortages put farmers in box seat

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
Farmers may at last be in the box seat with even the IMF now warning about a world food shortage, but rather than complaining about high food prices a better solution might be paying farmers reasonable prices for their produce. The world food shortage ...

FIRST Super, TISS and PPWSF to merge

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
Industry superannuation funds FIRST Super, TISS and PPWSF are merging on July 1 to form First Super - a new $1.5 billion fund servicing members in the furniture, pulp, paper, and timber industries. The merger will see the $522 million Furniture Industry ...

CalPERS calls for ratings overhaul

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
The US' largest pension fund, California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), has backed efforts to push rating houses Fitch, Moody's and Standard & Poor's to reform their methods for rating government-issued bonds. According to a statement ...

SEQUAL calls for better RM literacy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
Reverse mortgage peak body, SEQUAL, is calling for government support to educate retirees on the benefits of reverse mortgages after a survey revealed 60 per cent of retirees do not understand them. Retail Finance Intelligence (RFI) interviewed 1000 ...

Client service before compliance: Bradley

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
The financial services industry should stop complaining about the burden of compliance and realign its practices with investor interests or risk further regulation, according to Graham Bradley, chairman of HSBC Bank Australia. "Increased compliance ...

Carbon trading for consumers: M2

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
Showing what can happen when businesses are given a viable commercial pathway for doing something about climate exchange, telecommunications group M2 has launched a consumer package that automatically buys abatements on the Australian Climate Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower today after a directionless lead from Wall Street and falls in base metal prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September Share Price Index was down 19 points at 6207. Today, the Australian ...

Demography is destiny: IGR

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
Treasurer Peter Costello has released the updated Intergenerational Report (IGR) showing that while the impact of population ageing is Australia's biggest policy challenge, incorporating its imperatives into Government policy can pay big dividends later ...

Reverse mortgage standards under fire

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2007
A CHOICE shadow shop survey of the reverse mortgage industry has revealed some poor practices and areas for concern, but plans are already underway from some in the industry to effect a uniform lift in standards. Three CHOICE representatives visited ...

SME board to place $50 million this year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
A new company exchange for small to medium enterprises (SME) is on track to intermediate $50 million in placements this year. The Australian Small Scale Offerings Board (ASSOB) currently has about 50 companies listed on its board, ranging from mining ...