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A$ backpedals

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2008
... the US economy and the financial sector. And things appear to be improving slightly in the US. Last night, the Conference Board reported that US consumer confidence rose to 56.9 in August, better-than-market expectations for a reading of 53 and higher ...

Pax fined for SRI breach

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2008
... portfolio holdings, it did not do so continuously and did not report its social screening mistakes properly to the company board. "There was no financial harm to shareholders resulting from the issues described in the SEC Order," said Keefe, who stressed ...

Green to exit Babcock & Brown

ASX RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... managing director Phil Green will be leaving the company. In an ASX statement released today, the group said there will be board and management changes at the company. Phil Green will be retiring from the board of BCM after it finds a suitable appointee ...

Lower, higher, steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... Australian economy in the coming months, confirming the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) comments in the minutes of its 5 August Board meeting. The annual rate of growth in the leading index has decelerated from a 10-year high of 6.1 percent in November ...

Pension deficits halts M&A activity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... Woolworths Group keep all its pension liabilities of its past and present employees was not acceptable to the Woolworths board. This follows a Mercer report that found the asset value FTSE 350 pension schemes had dropped from almost $30 billion at the ...

CalPERS unveils infrastructure plan

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... private equity and real estate. "Infrastructure was the last component of a new asset class to be approved by the CalPERS Board, which earlier adopted policies for the three other sub-asset classes including commodities, inflation-linked bonds, and forestland," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
... state and national outlook for the June quarter, and the Reserve Bank of Australia will release the minutes of its August 5 board meeting. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases data on merchandise imports for July, and the Melbourne Institute ...

Board changes at Findlay

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... replaced by former IWL chief Otto Buttula. The changing of the guard is just one of several changes happening at Findlay at board level. Following the General Meeting today, the group also appointed Darren Pettiona to the board as non-executive director. ...

Watching the US$ and commodities

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2008
... release this week, financial markets will focus on the contents of the minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) August Board meeting. The minutes are not expected to depart from the rhetoric the RBA has made over the past few weeks and re-affirm ...

SmartStream on hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
... six per cent. Compare that to the US which is at 1 or 2 per cent if you are lucky, so we are looking to hire across the board... we are going to be one of the highest recruiters of recourses in Asia," he said. Cummings has already mapped out a recruitment ...