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Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... economy - when one-fifth (and rising) of the working population are without employment? And all the while I thought that the powers that be have learned their lesson. They said so at the summit before last week's summit. They were going for growth. They're ...

ASIC questioned over new powers

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
ASIC faced questions over the potential risks in its proposed increase in powers under FOFA during the Parliamentary Joint Committee yesterday in a session where the regulator gave preliminary results to its planning shadow shop survey with "woeful" ...

So far so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... said so themselves and the Shanghai Composite Index's 5.4% appreciation shows that investors don't want to bet against the powers that be. If you want to shake your heads in disbelief, look to Europe young man. Yes, Europe - the region that's the source ...

ASIC releases FOFA guidance plan

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
ASIC will release regulatory guidance on best interest duty, scaled advice, conflicted remuneration and ASIC powers before July 1 2012, the regulator said today. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released its regulatory ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... promised plan to restore long term confidence in the euro. The leaders of France and Germany, the two strongest economic powers in the euro area, have called for a new European Union treaty designed to avert another crisis by imposing greater fiscal ...

Qantas Super names new chief exec

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... with the Stronger Super, and changes in the regulation of the industry with APRA taking on new prudential standard making powers. How our fund and every other fund responds to those changes will be a significant strategic challenge." Before working for ...

Market Wrap- Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... European Financial Stability Facility's war chest to the hoped-for 1 trillion euros ($A1.33 trillion) they did give it new powers and called on help from the International Monetary Fund. Tokyo ended 0.51 per cent, or 43.21 points, lower at 8,434.61 and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... Industrial Average fell 53.59 points, or 0.46 per cent, to 11,493.7. Markets are feeling pressure on several fronts. European powers France and Germany are miles apart over allowing the European Central Bank to rescue the eurozone from a debt crisis ...

SelectingSuper celebrates super powers

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
This morning's SelectingSuper Awards, held in Melbourne at the MCG, featured TEN Network veteran sports journalist Stephen Quartermain as Master of Ceremonies and media personality and former AFL player, Sam Kekovich as special guest speaker. Australia's ...

Disagreeing to agree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2011
... may have already sold her shrine to help pay back its debts.) Financial markets don't know where to jump because European powers-that-be can't agree on where they're taking us. Last Sunday, European Union Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli ...