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APX launches first local carbon trading exchange

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2007
... long before the official 2012 government-mandated start. "As Prime Minister Howard said the other day at the Melbourne Press Club, a deep and robust market for carbon will be vital if Australia is to lead the world in energy management," he said. "This ...

Rich get richer

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... Australia overtake Spain and gain entry into the global top 10 for the first time, with 15,000 new members of the high wealth club. Unsurprisingly, the US, Japan and Europe are still home to the greatest numbers of wealthy people. Ultra high wealth individuals ...

People to power advice of the future

... practices into the future. Speakers at yesterday's Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Financial Standard Luncheon Club Series for Financial Advisers, Steve Davison, AXA's national manager, GROW, managing director of the Encore Group, Graham ...

Use super for national interests: Weaven

... relating to climate change, infrastructure and the retirement needs of an ageing population. In an address to the National Press Club in Canberra, Weaven pointed out that total Superannuation Assets (TSA) in Australia have passed the trillion dollar ...

Kiwibank fined over lack of disclosure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
... percent fee to MasterCard. These fees were not properly disclosed. The Commission is prosecuting American Express, Diners Club, Warehouse Financial Services, ASB and TSB over the same matter. ASB was recently appointed as one of five default super funds ...

Mile high wages club to soar

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... With a tight labour market and skills shortages pumping up wages, commercial pilots look to be next to join the mile-high club in wages growth, adding to recent burgeoning national wages growth. Australia's wages are said to have grown at a record pace ...

Insurance made easier for associations and clubs

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
Community associations and sports clubs that group purchase insurance for members could be exempt from insurance seller status and associated regulatory costs in an Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) proposal to attack underinsurance. ...

LIXI makes lending technologies more affordable

... community," said Socrates Vasiliadis, LIXI's chief executive. The initiative will mean that LIXI will not be an "exclusive club for the bigger players", he said. And it also means home loan applications are going to be cheaper using the standardised ...

HOSTPLUS joins the Collingwood Magpies team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2007
... parties and HOSTPLUS members. As part of the partnership, HOSTPLUS becomes the official super fund for the Collingwood Football Club, including all employees and staff of the club and its amenities. Collingwood will also take part in education, promotional ...

MTAA Super appoints new chairman

... appointments such as with the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics Advisory Board, Canberra Raiders Rugby League club Board of Directors, the Foreign Affairs Council of Australia, the Defence and National Security Advisory Council, and the ...