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HSBC announces first int'l RMB bond

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... first to be launched outside Chinese sovereign territories. The move dovetailed with an initiative launched by George Osborne, British chancellor of the exchequer, to make London a centre for offshore RMB trade. "Today's event emphasises that we are ...

Work in no progress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... the European saga will be over by 23 October. No one said it better back then than UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne when he announced that the weekend (of 22-23 October)"is the moment people are expecting something quite impressive" because ...

Sounds like a plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... October) at the European Union summit in Brussels. The weekend that, according to UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, "is the moment people are expecting something quite impressive" because the European contingent "will have left Paris under ...

UK edges closer to universal pension scheme

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition will push ahead with plans to introduce a universal pension scheme in the UK. Chancellor George Osborne recently gave the green light for the establishment of the National Employment and Savings Trust (NEST), even ...

UK fast tracks pension reforms

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... retirement age and increased the contributions public sector employees must pay to fund their retirements. Chancellor George Osborne announced overnight that the pension age will rise to 66 by 2020, six years earlier than previously planned. The allowance ...
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