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QIC strategist wins international gong

The John Hanson Memorial Prize in the US has been awarded to QIC head strategist Tony Day for his paper on the relationship between financial economics and actuarial practice. Mr Day's paper is entitled Financial Economics and Actuarial Practice and ...

Rivkin vows to fight claims heading for the federal court

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2004
... in other proceedings. RFS said Sofcomm, Fast Scout and Altera Capital, which have stakes in RFS, have served it with a defence to proceedings it has started against those companies. RFS also advised it had received a proposed cross-claim which the three ...

ANZ appoints Rinker chairman Morschel to board

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2004
... October. Mr Morschel is also a director at global mining giant Rio Tinto, Optus owner Singapore Telecommunications and defence technology contractor Tenix. \"He brings with him the experience of being a director of major Australian and international ...

Wage costs up 1% in December quarter: ABS

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2004
... annual). Wages in the construction and education sectors lifted just 0.3% for the quarter while government administration and defence wage costs lifted 1.6%.

Costello promises surplus with hope for tax cut this year

... Budget, if we could do it again we would like to do it. "If you can balance your Budget, keep your debt low, pay for your defence expenditures, your terrorism responsibilities and your education, then I think you should try and work to reduce taxes so ...

IMF admits mistakes in controversial handling of Asia crisis

... international capital markets. "But I think the key thing we've learned there is preventing crisis is the first line of defence. Once the crisis starts, it's very messy, it's very costly. The primary emphasis should be on prevention." Market systems ...

Midday market wrap: Australian stocks track US gains

... FTSE 100 finished 9.9 points lower at 4242.2 points as investors sold industrial stocks such as autoparts maker GKN and defence group BAE Systems. The Australian dollar held its strength to noon, finding support not only from the strong local economic ...

Australian service industries pick up pace of activity: survey

... two-thirds of the domestic economy and annual growth in the service industries, excluding government administration and defence, slowed from 3.4 per cent to 2.3% during 2002/03. "The readings from the Australian PSI suggest the services sector is expanding," ...

Westpac Office Trust consolidates Sydney office tower construction projects

... comes hot on the heels of the $88 million equity raising recently completed by Westpac in respect of the Department of Defence land at Moorebank, which was substantially over-subscribed.

Towers Perrin blasts Government decision to "ignore" super

... Australia's complex retirement system has fallen into the "politically too hard basket". While the prominence given to defence and national security are justifiable given the recent global geopolitical events, Towers Perrin said in its latest 'SuperNews' ...