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Australia's reversing fertility

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
If the Hollywood fascination with baby bumps signals a normalisation of fertility levels, it could take the heat out of Australia's population crisis and delay the anticipated demographically driven fiscal crisis. According to the ABS, Australia's total ...

Super promoter faces trial

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
Queensland-based Richard Clayton Jackson Sharland, a promoter of a superannuation rollover scheme, appeared in the Brisbane Magistrate Court yesterday to stand trial on a date to be fixed on 22 charges laid by the Australian Securities and Investments ...

Councils take action on CDOs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
Rage and accusations are now rearing their ugly heads as embattled councils attempt to recoup their losses from sub-prime backed CDO investments, but the crisis could spark a government rethink on how councils should invest their funds. Hugh McLernon ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
The Australian stock market was marginally in the black at noon on the back of a positive US lead and a stronger oil price overnight. At 1202 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 0.6 of a point higher at 5,538.2, while the broader All Ordinaries was up ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower following declines in US stocks overnight. In London, base metal prices mostly were weaker. At 0646 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was down 72 points ...

Streetwise $26m fraudster awaits sentence

Ten months after his arrest in the US, disgraced Streetwise property developer Kovelan Bangaru has finally appeared in court last week to face charges of misappropriating more than $26 million in investor funds. Bangaru pleaded guilty to 11 offences ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
The Australian share market was up almost two per cent at noon following a strong start to morning trade, after the US capped off its best week in five years on Friday and speculation mounted over the future of market leader Rio Tinto Ltd. At 1207 AEDT ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher following a strong lead from Wall Street. In London, base metal prices were mostly weaker. At 0717 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index futures contract was up 202 points ...

Byrne departs UniSuper

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
After seven years as UniSuper's chief executive, Ann Byrne is set to leave her role in March. As chief executive, Byrne, merged SSAU and TESS into a single entity under UniSuper, positioned the fund to deliver higher education and research, created ...

Schroders shielded from LPT burnout

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
The Australian arm of international asset manager, Schroders, managed to buffer a portion of the credit and stockmarket crisis' impact when it sold all listed properties from its equity, balanced, and high yield funds over a year ago. Many investors ...