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America on its knees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... is capable of doing this by itself. There will certainly be more pain to come. But for all this doom and gloom, US authorities might still be able to pull a rabbit out of the hat and, two, three, five years later -- just like the 1987 crash, the Asian ...

Moral hazard remains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... Datastream shows that US debt grew from 130 per cent of GDP in the period 1955-1980 to around 190 per cent in the 2000s. US authorities responded to the savings and loan crisis, Long Term Capital Management, the dotcom bubble with very easy monetary ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... or 0.21 per cent, to 1,251.70. LONDON - European stocks closed higher on Friday, with investors betting that the US authorities will ensure that failing investment bank Lehman Brothers finds a saviour and ease the pressure on the banking sector. In London ...

US and Aus open equities borders

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... and Financial Services Association (IFSA) chief executive, Richard Gilbert. The agreement means SEC and Australian authorities agreed to consider exemptions to exchanges which could then allow US stock exchanges and broker-dealers to provide their services ...

GESB mutual on hold

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
... working closely with the range of third parties involved, including custodians, fund managers, regulators and tax authorities," said Dolin. In the meantime, Dolin said GESB will contact the fund's members to inform them of the revised schedule.

CFS GAM names new chief

... funds management operations in the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to joining State Street, Lazberger was at the State Authorities Superannuation Board, Citibank, and the CRA group. He was also the inaugural president of the Sydney Society of Financial Analysts ...

Northern Trust expands reporting tools

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... such as Australian goods and services tax accounting general shareholder reporting for New Zealand and Switzerland authorities." Northern Trust provides investment management, asset and fund administration, fiduciary and banking solutions. The firm has ...

FSA changes practices after Northern Rock

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... FSA. "This represents our specific supervisory contribution to the package of measures introduced by the Tripartite Authorities to prevent a similar situation to Northern Rock undermining financial stability."

Don Russell joins State Super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... superannuation funds in Australia with more than $35 billion of investments. The super fund is trustee of the State Authorities Superannuation Scheme, the State Superannuation Scheme, the Police Superannuation Scheme and the State Authorities Non-contributory ...

Liechtenstein blocks AML

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
... nature, Liechtenstein's financial sector business creates a particular money laundering risk in response to which the authorities and the financial sector firms have developed risk-based mitigating measures," noted the IMF report. Despite progress by ...