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No surprise in surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... austerity as much as Monsieur Sarkozy does. It's back to the drawing board with Germany and Brussels if Hollande is elected Premier Ministre. No more Merkozy. C'e la vie. Holland. It's the austerity question too that's led the Dutch government to collapse. ...

HSBC announces first int'l RMB bond

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2012
... story," said Osborne. "We are proud to be able to issue this bond. It represents another step in London's development as a premier international trading centre for the renminbi and is an early sign of the huge potential that this market represents," ...

Report questions infra investment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... between inefficiencies in public sector funding and private sector finance levels. An audit report commissioned by the Premier Barry O'Farrell found NSW infrastructure spending had grown at an average of 12% per annum for the past 10 years and that no ...

RBC acquires 100pc RBC Dexia IS

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012

What Wen wants, Wen gets, when Wen wants

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... because a succession of economic releases suggest that there's big trouble brewing in China. Hot on the heels of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's announcement lowering the government's economic growth target from 8.0% to 7.5% this year, recent growth stats ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... points, to 20,806.25 and Shanghai shed 1.41 per cent, or 34.55 points, to 2,410.45. Traders said Monday's announcement by Premier Wen Jiabao at the opening of the National People's Congress - the annual parliamentary meeting - that China would target ...

Wen Confucius meets Sun Tzu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... it? And OMG moments should leave to bigger drops in equities. The China is slowing scare was prompted by reports that Premier Wen Jiabao, speaking at the annual meeting of the National People's Congress, lowered the government's growth target from 8% ...

Synchron NextGen success firm expands to Sydney

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... fellow Synchron NextGen graduates Finn Kelly and Sarah Riegelhuth. "Our longer term goal is to be recognized as Australia's premier boutique private wealth management firm, with a presence in all major cities in the country," said Kelly, chief executive ...

Financial services digging deep for FICAP

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... ANZ, Colonial First State and RNC Global Projects have joined returning sponsors BT Financial Group and Perpetual in the premier sponsor category for this years " Who wants to be a RockStar" event on March 21. "We are absolutely blown away with the level ...

FSC chief made chair of Landcom

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... Corporation to dedicate more time to his new role. The FSC chief, a former Shadow Planning Minister, was first approached by NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell about the position late last year, when it was indicated that long standing chair Kirby Jones wasn't ...