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SnowyHydro snow job?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006
... the NSW and Victorian irrigation and hydro electric power scheme that channels irrigation water from Australia's snowy regions down the Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers. The cause of the discomfort over the sale are its speed and the lack of public debate ...

Corp governance now a mainstream business imperative

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2006
... simplistic "one size fits all" approach to corporate governance is not realistic, because "meaningful differences appear across regions and types of investors." Other issues to emerge were that different investors had different attitudes to social issues ...

S&P downgrades CDOs after automotive default

... has had a significant effect on the Australasian CDO market, Chaplin said the overall impact is far less than in other regions. "The overall impact is diminished here because of the diversification of the portfolios, made up of synthetic CDOs which would ...

S&P gives "recommended" rating to global funds

... performance. "European Investors is a boutique manager with a strong track record in real estate investments across various regions and investment styles," he said. The trust gives investors exposure to international real estate securities, unlisted ...

A year of growth and developing opportunities: Franklin Templeton

... shifts in 2006, Applegate predicted some trends would continue, though softening, while attention switched to economies and regions that would take up the slack. Notably, Applegate saw 2006 producing "decent global growth, slowing a bit but still fairly ...

Daily economic update

... report at their quarterly meeting in Tokyo, heads of the Japanese Finance Ministry's 11 regional offices noted that all regions in the country are expanding at a moderate pace - the first time since 1997 that all 11 regional economies grew at the same ...

East beats west in optimism survey: Grant Thornton

... Asian countries," said Robert Quant, the national chairman for Grant Thornton in Australia. In the past five years both regions have been transformed into powerhouses for many international export, manufacturing and IT-related businesses. At home, the ...

IOOF boosts distribution team

IOOF has ushered in the New Year by creating four new state manager positions to cover its major regions and has also appointed two new key account managers. IOOF's new state managers are Shelley Libbis for Victoria, Matt Harrison for New South Wales ...

Mac Media broaden debt with Taiwanese broadband buy

... Australia. TBC is a local media business." He added, "Taiwan is the third larges cable television market in the Asian regions, after China and Korea, in terms of numbers and subscribers.. In addition, the acquisition positions us well to participate ...

Overseas investing to reach 40 per cent: ING

... on the expansion stakes is Fidelity Investments. In October, the group launched ten specialist funds targeting various regions such as Europe, Asia, America, Japan, India, and China.