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Australia faces financial hub contender

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... management incentives for certain funds, and lift restrictions on the residency status of the fund vehicles or investors, law firm White & Case said in a report by Asian Investor. "We gave foreign financial institutions more access to the domestic market ...

Sherry attacks Hockey on super policy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
Minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry has called on new shadow treasurer Joe Hockey to drop the Liberal Party's "dangerous, uncosted and job-killing mess" of a superannuation policy. Prior to Hockey's appointment, the Opposition ...

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... and owns 68 per cent of RBS and 43 per cent of Lloyds. It remains a democracy. The German government has recently proposed a law to allow it to seize control of Hypo Real Estate after it continued to struggle despite money injections and government guarantees. ...

Thumbs down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
Fizzler. This is the equity market's verdict on US President Barack Obama's latest salvo on preserving the 'American Dream'. If the Dow's overnight fall to a six-year low is anything to go by, yesterday's unveiling of the US$275 billion Homeowner Affordability ...

Govt move aids planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... planners the ability to keep their client's money invested in the market. Yesterday, minister for superannuation and corporate law, Nick Sherry, and treasurer, Wayne Swan, announced the relief would apply for the second half of 2008-2009 and occur through ...

Moral hazard on Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... Main Street. Just one day after he signed his autograph on a piece of paper turning the US$787 billion stimulus plan into law - which did not impress equity markets - Obama unveiled a US$275 billion Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan (HASP). ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... remained uncertain about the prospects for the economy. Obama's announcement of the plan comes a day after he signed into law a $787 billion economic stimulus plan he hopes will help revive the economy. But the markets were equivocal. As late afternoon ...

Cuscal hires customers GM

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... the Queensland Government departments of Premier and Cabinet and in human services portfolios. He has an honours degree in law from Queensland University of Technology and an MBA from the University of Melbourne. Lovney's focus in leading Cuscal's Customers' ...

Don't punish fin services for GFC: Pearce

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... to the GFC could be counter-productive. Chris Pearce, Shadow minister for financial services, superannuation and corporate law, yesterday told the Securities and Derivatives Industry Association that the Opposition will not support knee-jerk new regulations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... in activity than expected. President Barack Obama is set to sign the $US787 billion ($A1.21 trillion) stimulus package into law on Tuesday. He will also be outlining a plan to help stem mortgage foreclosures on Wednesday. Wall Street had eagerly awaited ...