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SIV opens door to China for fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... identify M&A investment opportunities in China and other clients are keen to open up distribution agreements between Australian and Chinese beef and dairy businesses. Moelis runs $500 million on behalf of SIV holders and was heavily involved in consultation ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on US and European markets following disappointing US home sales and China factory output data. At 0750 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was down 49 points at ...

AustralianSuper names new deputy chair

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... 2007. Oliver is secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, and spent 20 years at the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union. AustralianSuper chair Heather Ridout said: "Dave has been a great contributor to the board over the past seven years ...

Oh what a feelin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... escape Toyota's announcement that it would tailgate Ford and then Holden out of Australia and then... Australia's car manufacturing industry would be no more when 2017 turns into 2018. Yes, oh what a feeling! What a feeling indeed for me personally because ...

Think Holden, think not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... Adam Bandt! Holden's pull out would "punch a $21 billion hole in the economy," according to the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU). Holden's end "could spell the end of manufacturing in Australia," University of Sydney Business School economists ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
The Australian share market is set to open higher as Wall Street rises on encouraging jobs data in the US. At 0815 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up 37 points at 5,338. There is no economic news scheduled for Friday. ...

CBUS investments in CMFEU sights

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... Grocon. Other CBUS sponsors include the Communications, Electrical and Plumbers Union (CEPU), the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), the Australian Workers Union (AWU), the ACTU and the Master Builders Association (MBA). It's understood that ...

The QE Paradox

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... little more than 50 basis points of cuts priced over the next year..." Sure, we've read headlines upon headlines of Australian businesses closing shop, sacking staffs mostly in the retail and manufacturing sectors but just yesterday the AFR reported ...

"If it becomes necessary" time?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... which increases spending, which increases profits, and so on... For Australia, this comes in the form of the falling Australian dollar. Overall, however, the prospect of a near-term market rebound still depends on some form of central bank and/or government ...

Sure 25 but maybe 50

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... Fraser stepped into the fray and called for a 50 basis point cut in the official cash rate instead. Never mind the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) or the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) or the Housing Industry Association (HIA) or ...