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No sale for Suncorp

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
... "We have taken the view that the market needs time to take account of the initiatives put in place by the Australian Government and other national governments to rebuild confidence in the global financial system," Story said. Despite the halt in discussions ...

Military Super names Watson as new chief

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
... the Year in 2006 by the Fund Executives Association (FEAL). Watson also had a number of past roles within Australian Government agencies including the Department of Finance and Administration, the Australian Taxation Office and ComSuper. He replaces ...

Econocrats pour cold water on mortgage agency

The Australian government's two key economic agencies yesterday reiterated their view that the market for mortgage-backed securities would recover, and that there was no case for any form of government-sponsored mortgage funding agency. In his opening ...

Climate change opportunities, not just costs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... established schemes nothwithstanding that some are quite narrow and flawed compared to the one proposed by the Australian government. "We certainly learned some of the issues from the European ETS," said Senator Wong.

Super SA gives thumbs up to SyncSoft

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
... SA first signed on SyncSoft's Capital in March to provide the payroll system that will handle the South Australian government's 15,000 lifetime pension accounts. To date, Capital has already run the first three payrolls since 1 July, said Super SA. Super ...

Northern Trust gains $1bn custody mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... credit risk exposure and extreme market events. Northern Trust was chosen to provide custody services to the Australian government's $61 billion Future Fund in May last year. The firm has more than $4 trillion in assets under custody and over $790 billion ...

Asia will weather global slowdown: EFIC

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
The Australian Government's Export Finance and Insurance Corporation's (EFIC) latest report asserts emerging East Asian economies will endure a global economic slowdown due to growing domestic demand and rising intra Asian trade levels. Roger Donnelly ...

Industry funds steering clear of FHSAs

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
... fund trustees that the FHSA structure and regulatory framework are too cumbersome and costly for them. The Australian government's First Home Saver Accounts Bill, introduced into Parliament on May 28, allows for accounts to be offered by APRA regulated ...

AMP roadmap to growth

AMP's newly-appointed chief executive Craig Dunn has outlined the group's five-pronged growth plan ahead of the predicted doubling of the superannuation industry's size within the next 10 years. Speaking at the group's Annual General Meeting (AGM) today ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... news, jobs data for March is due with the unemployment rate expected to remain at 4.1 per cent. The Western Australian government releases its 2008 budget. In equities, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has reported a third quarter net profit of $US2.694 billion ...