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Super funds reject calls to cut super contrib

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... make their Christmas all the more special and also do their bit to support the economy and jobs as well," Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, said last night. Regardless of what critics say about the detail of the proposal, the big opportunity is that transforming ...

Macq reduces headcount

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... separate news, Macquarie chairman David Clarke announced he is taking a leave of absence with lead independent director, Kevin McCann, taking on the role in the interim.

Investing in credit the next big opportunity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... funds and institutional investors to re-look at the sector and Australian pension funds are starting to follow suit, said Kevin Perry, Portfolio Manager with US fixed interest specialists Loomis Sayles. "These credit markets are irrationally cheap," ...

ANZ to become top four bank in Vietnam

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
... Bank of Vietnam. The landmark move was witnessed by Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who both attended the presentation of the licence to ANZ chief Mike Smith in Canberra. "Vietnam is one of the countries ...

Markets are a public good: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
Australia may be a small country but it took Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's 2,700 word speech to the United Nations on Friday to articulate a way out of the global financial mess. The speech was in contrast to US Treasury secretray Henry Paulson's widely ...

SEQUAL appoints new chairman

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
... Australia, Japan and the UK. He was involved in the marketing and development of the firm's reverse mortgage product in the UK. Kevin Conlon, SEQUAL's chief executive, said Lynch was "well-placed" to step up from his deputy chairman role and having made ...

Instos pour $370m into Apostle fund

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... were very interested and wanted to make investments in the loans," said Apostle managing director Karyn West. Boston-based Kevin Perry, portfolio manager at Loomis Sayles & Co, said that the returns from senior bank loans trading around 90 to 93 cents ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... Group, West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd and Hills Industries Ltd announce annual results. Origin Energy Ltd chairman Kevin McCann will address the Australian Institute of Company Directors luncheon on the business impact of the government's proposed ...

Customer service goes high tech

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... managing investments, claims processing and license renewals. "The Case Manager is a bit like a workflow analysis," said Kevin Baxter, Vignette director for global imaging workflow. "Take superannuation for example. At the moment, if clients want to ...

Australian Ethical HQ wins Banksia award

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... Pearcey House, won the Banksia Environmental Foundation award for the Built Environment - an award backed by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. The refurbished building produces about 70 per cent fewer greenhouse emissions than an average commercial building ...