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Germany lifts retirement age

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2007
... Bundestag have voted to increase their country's retirement age from 65 to 67 years, overriding huge howls of protest from unions. Despite the strong protests, the vote was passed by a huge majority of 408 to only 169. Driving the controversial policy ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
... for Immigration yesterday rejected the requests by some employers to lower the minimum pay rates for temporary migrants. Unions have claimed that employers are using the likes of the 457 visa scheme to access cheap labour. Indeed, the Minister said that ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
... general meeting in Sydney to brief Australian-based shareholders on the compensation deal negotiated by the asbestos groups, unions and the NSW government. A vote on the agreement will take place at the company's extraordinary general meeting in the ...

Community CPS credit union launches Eastwoods FP

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2007
... merger between CPS Credit Union (SA) and CPS Credit Union Co-operative (ACT). It is now one of Australia's largest credit unions with more than 140,000 members, 400 employees and managing a combined $1.4 billion in assets. Community CPS's Eastwood financial ...

S&P to rate NZ financials

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
... the new ratings scale is unique and tailored specifically to New Zealand finance companies, building societies, credit unions and mortgage trusts. "The strength of our ratings scale is that it provides investors with an easy-to-understand benchmark to ...

Snowball to snap up Western Pacific

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2006
... we're now looking to do," he said. Snowball will continue to offer advisory services to affinity partners, including credit unions and industry funds, and extend their presence in Western Australia and Queensland by placing salaried advisors in existing ...

SimCorp starting to make its mark downunder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2006
... European standards. According to banking industry watcher The Sheet, Abacus, the new industry body representing credit unions and building societies, is already guessing the costs to implement the AML protocols could be more than those incurred in meeting ...

Daily Economic Update

... successfully had the young labour law -- making it easier to fire young workers - repealed, French students and labour unions now plan to work for the repeal of the law making it easier for small firms (those with 20 or fewer employees) to fire workers. ...

Online broking competition to heat up

WWW.THESHEET.COM.AU  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2006
... of the client relationship. Etrade also handles trades for customers of ANZ Bank, Bendigo Bank and a dozen or so credit unions, and plans to stay ahead through innovation in the products offered.

ASIC and NZ corporate regulator sign cooperation deal

... including New Zealand and overseas companies, co-operative companies, incorporated societies, friendly societies and credit unions. With most wealth management comapnies operating in New Zealand also operating in Australia, while most leading brands ...