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'Brexit' betting booths now taking bets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... sprinkling of the bad. The upcoming 7 May UK general election is generating another buzzword - 'Brexit' - with PM David Cameron promising to "renegotiate Britain's position within it [EU] and to hold that in-out referendum guaranteed before the end of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... real impact on markets. Neither did Britain's raising its terror threat level risk to "severe", with Prime Minister David Cameron saying that the Islamic State jihadist group had set its sights on Europe. The gains came during the slowest week of the ...

UK to consider Australia model for small pension fund mergers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... in the country and overall the most expensive funds are paying four times as much as the cheapest ones. Last week David Cameron's government launched a review into whether the 89 separate bodies in England and Wales are managing their vast portfolios ...

Grexin Brixit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... Grexit. Many are now convinced it's Grexin. Yes folks, it's been pretty smooth sailing until... UK Prime Minister David Cameron raises the spectre of a Brixit. Speaking at the London headquarters of Bloomberg, Cameron announced his plan for a referendum ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... Union (EU). At 0630 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was up nine points at 4,762. David Cameron promised to give the British people the choice of staying in or leaving the EU if his party won the next general election. H ...

Liars' Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... tax holiday and plans to impose an extra tax on company dividends. And guess what? The pro-austerity PM - the UK's David Cameron - who told the world that easing up on austerity would be "the wrong thing to do," only six months before has recently announced ...

Barclays chief resigns

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... that risks damaging the franchise - I cannot let that happen," The scandal, which has resulted in Prime Minister David Cameron announcing a full parliamentary inquiry, now looks likely to envelop the Bank of England. Barclays has released an internal ...

UK launches bank probe amid Libor scandal

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a full parliamentary inquiry into the British banking sector in the wake of a rate fixing scandal that has already claimed the scalp of Barclays chairman Marcus Agius. A bipartisan committee will hear ...

Fidelity backs move to empower shareholders

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2012
Asset management giant Fidelity Worldwide Investment has come out in favour of UK Prime Minister David Cameron's calls for more transparency on executive pay, bonuses and severance packages. Speaking to the BBC earlier this week, Cameron said there ...

HK tops US as most advanced financial economy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... the most financially advanced European nation, indirectly making a mockery of reports that British Prime Minister David Cameron's decision to vetoe to changes to the European Union financial treaty will somehow lead to the UK being isolated. The Financial ...