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BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... Singh's government opened up Indian industries to foreign investment and also raised foreign ownership of "local insurance ventures" to 49% from 26%, and "for the first time permit foreign direct investment of as much as 26 percent in pension funds..." ...

Corporate spending the catalyst for global markets

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
... in corporate spending. As well as capital spending, we would look for M&A activity, share buy backs or joint business ventures as other signs that managers are more confident about putting cash to work." Looking ahead to 2013, Milligan says it remains ...

Market wrap late AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... some concerns among market analysts about whether ANZ would be able to sustain the revenue performance of its offshore ventures. The other big retail banks were mixed - CBA was steady $57.08, NAB was up nine cents at $25.99 and Westpac was steady at ...

AFA names Female Excellence in Advice finalists

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
... communities and networks. "There are female advisers building best practice models within larger organisations, joint ventures with suppliers of accounting or legal services and women who not only have their own businesses but have started them from ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... into the country. "Ministers will consider allowing overseas companies to own as much as 49 percent of local insurance ventures, from the current 26 percent, and for the first time permit foreign direct investment of as much as 26 percent in pension ...

110 years prison for ex-SIB chief

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... Stanford diverted the money into companies that he owned personally, in the form of undisclosed 'loans'. These business ventures included restaurants, a cricket tournament and various real estate interests. Evidence at the trail also showed that Stanford ...

AUI appoints new general manager

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
Australian Unity Investments has named Fiona Dunn as the new general manager, joint ventures and institutional. Dunn has held a number of senior business advisory roles, as well as being general manager of Perpetual's wholesales business, and was a ...

Sevior will not return: Perpetual

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
... that its former star manager, John Sevior, will not return to his role as head of equities but will explore new career ventures for himself. Confirmed today by Cathy Doyle, Perpetual's group executive equities, Matt Williams will instead continue in ...

2012 China study tour launched

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011
... Australia's number one trading partner. Austrade has seen around 1500 companies increasing its investment proposals and joint ventures in the region annually, according to Austrade North East Asia regional director, Laurie Smith. Over the years since ...

AUI names four senior appointments

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... Barclays Global Investors, GESB and Sonshine FM. AUI's former executive manager, Kara Gilmartin, is now head of joint ventures. Gilmartin previously supported chief executive officer, David Bryant, in business-wide and joint venture initiatives and will ...