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CBUS investments in CMFEU sights

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... directors is to serve the best interests of the fund members and to have no other agenda," said Shorten. Meantime, Victoria's premier, Ted Ballieu described the pressure being placed on the fund as outrageous. However, the protests can also be interpreted ...

Urbanisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... rebuilding after Sandy. Except for the Gaza ceasefire, the world is the same as it was yesterday. But if you came across Premier-in-waiting Li Keqiang's article on the 'People's Daily' yesterday, it might not be same old same old for China. According ...

You did this! No, you did!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... legacy of its ancestors - it's the Confucian way - especially now that they discovered the legacy that works. Just as Premier Wen preserved and built on the legacy of his predecessor, Zhu Rongji (I bet only a few remember this name now), so will Li Leqiang. ...

Senior members announced to Industry Super Network board

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
Industry Super Network has appointed former Victoria Premier Steve Bracks as chairman of its board. Meanwhile former minister for health, attorney general and treasurer of the NSW parliament Peter Collins will commence as deputy chair. Bracks was Premier ...

Markets await promising China leadership change

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... delegates meet in Beijing today to elect successors to the Party's two most powerful figures, General Secretary Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao. According to Chan, manager of the Threadneedle China Opportunities fund, the sweeping overhaul of China's ...

Paper bank statements ignored by UK consumers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... Online Banking Review earlier this year found that Australians' use of mobile banking technology has become one of the premier applications of mobile computing. But the banks aren't having it their own way as PayPal is becoming just as dominant, they ...

AMP Capital attracts $872m from two new offshore investors

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... $580m redevelopment plans of the Pacific Fair is currently being finalised. AMP noted that the redevelopments will create premier retail and leisure destinations, positioning both assets in the top 10 of Australian leading regional shopping centres. ...

Allianz wins top insurance award

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... 2012 Australian Banking and Finance (AB+F) Awards. The awards, held on Thursday at The IVY in Sydney, are Australia's premier insurance accolades with the winners chosen by an independent panel of senior industry professionals. Allianz also scooped awards ...

Wen again gets what Wen wants

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... Council but because, contrary to the gloom and doom predictions that China is gonna land hard, fresh data suggests that Premier Wen is again getting what Wen wants. In your face scaremongers. Now bring me the heads of those hardlandingers? What there's ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... confidence was also lifted by more upbeat US data and hopes for the eurozone. Soothing comments on the economy from Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday also provided support, while dealers looked ahead to a European Union summit set to begin later ...