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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 ...

Local bonds better than the US: PIMCO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
... bond markets as opposed to the US, which is one of the least attractive bond markets," he said. He said the Australian Government and the Reserve Bank of Australia should be commended for not following US monetary policy. "The Australian government and ...

AWU campaigns for opt-in super

... employer contribution to superannuation is simply insufficient to provide adequate retirement benefits, so any Australian government intervention to turn the tax cuts into retirement savings and provide extra government incentives to push up our superannuation ...

Fed govt tightens foreign investment rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... whether a proposed investment is in Australia's national interest remains the treasurer's decision. "The Australian Government welcomes foreign investment because it can make an important contribution to national prosperity and the development of our ...

Super gender gap narrows

... money into their partner's super and partnering with the government on financial literacy initiatives. "The Australian government, through their financial literacy unit, has started producing fact sheets for women [on their super]. We're also looking ...

Consumer code needs overhaul

... and issues are increasingly national in character and therefore more responsibility should reside with the Australian Government," it said. The Commission estimates that its package of reform measures could provide savings of between $1.5 billion and ...