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AIST and CMSF merger to strengthen trustee services

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2006
... potential membership of AIST was also fading. This is impacting the organisation's income, which was described by AIST president Susan Ryan as perpetually "barely break even". In the future, even a small reduction in membership would have a significant ...

Industry groups ecstatic over red tape rationalisation proposals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2006
... its time to finally do something to attack the problem at its roots. Michael Chaney, Business Council Australia (BCA) president, said, "The big problem with regulation-making in Australia is it is un-coordinated, with governments having few processes ...

Daily economic update

... as expected following its Council meeting last night. What was not expected was a more dovish statement by the ECB's president Jean Claude Trichet which virtually dashed market expectations that the ECB will raise interest rates next month. In the press ...

Hedge funds expect more USD rallies: Greenwich-Van

... that have been awarded by trustees over the last six months. In other hedge fund performance news, Wade McKnight, vice president of Greenwich-Van, said, "Hedge fund returns in aggregate were flat [in February] due to mixed economic data, which gave little ...

Daily economic update

Financial markets will be hoping to get more clues on the outlook for US monetary policy from speeches by Federal Reserve officials later today. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will deliver a speech entitled, 'Reflections on the Yield Curve and Monetary Policy,' ...

Daily economic update

... unlikely to continue and masks the strong underlying components of the report. In Europe, European Central Bank (ECB) president Jean Claude Trichet noted that interest rates remain accommodative and they intend to raise interest rates further if required. ...

Daily economic update

... cent. The latest move marks the second rate hike in three months. At a press conference following its decision, ECB President Jean Claude Trichet noted that the central bank will do whatever it takes to stem inflation while that even at 2.5 per cent ...

Australian consumption spending now top 5 in the region

... expenditure, including all government purchases of goods and services with the exception of payroll. Executive vice president of Visa Australia and New Zealand, Bruce Mansfield, said the Asia Pacific region is fast catching up to the world's biggest ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2006
The Australian share market should open firmer as commodity prices remain strong, although it is domestic news that will be the focus of the local market today. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index was four points firmer at 4824. ...

Babcock & Brown appoints former senator

Babcock & Brown has appointed former senator and ALP National President Stephen Loosley to provide strategic advice on the firm's corporate and public policy. Prior to his new role, Loosley was a senior partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal where ...