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New tech counters terrorist attacks

RUTH LIEW | MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008

... Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), Australia's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulator and specialist financial intelligence unit. "For the last several years, regulation has required only international ...

Equator Principles still relevant: CFS GAM

MICHAEL HOBBS | MONDAY, 30 JUN 2008

... cannot or are unable to comply with certain social and environmental policies. The principles apply to all new project financing globally with total project capital costs of more than $10.3 million across all industry sectors. Signatories include ING ...

ING A rejects munitions claims

MICHAEL HOBBS | FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008

... ING revised its defence investing policy. This revised policy states that munitions companies are excluded from new financing. Past financing may have occurred prior to this policy," the firm said in a statement. While the statement advised that ING ...

Infrastructure Australia should set national priorities

ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008

... time-sensitive approach to more rapid development of infrastructure, establish a single national government entity to facilitate financing, approval and development of infrastructure projects, and that a master plan should be developed. The report noted ...

Centro rescue till Dec

RUTH LIEW | FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008

... the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) yesterday, Centro announced that its banks have agreed to an extension to its financing arrangements until 15 December this year. The group first ran into trouble December last year after global credit markets ...

2020 Summit push for life long accounts

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008

... create securities from prime mortgages (similar to that in Canada), to ensure a relatively low-cost and stable source of financing for housing". This is because super funds are already being flagged as the institutions likely to be seen as the major ...

FinLit goes global

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008

... with enough knowledge and skills to be able to harness the opportunities of increasing becoming available through micro-financing. The campaign however also has political objectives in teaching children about their economic rights, trying to create momentum ...

US Fed back in the lead

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008

... just on the best investment grade bonds, but also on securities that are just barely investment grade. "It has made financing available to non-bank primary dealers at the discount rate. It has lengthened the period of discount window borrowing from 30 ...

Investec takes to the air

RUTH LIEW | TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008

... extension" of Investec's business in the aircraft space. "Globally the bank itself, Investec, has a very strong aircraft financing franchise that ranges from just providing senior debt down to buying and trading aircraft," said Phillips. "There was a ...

MFS morphs into GEO

RUTH LIEW | FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008

... syndicate and the firm is optimistic of a satisfactory outcome. However the group warned that the banks' margin for its debt financing will increase above current levels. Changed investor attitudes towards appropriate levels of debt spurred the group ...

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Federal Court lifts Merhi's travel ban

KARREN VERGARA

Former financial adviser Ferras Merhi is now free to travel as the Federal Court lifted travel restraint orders imposed one year ago.

Hostplus delivers double-digit FY26 returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Hostplus Balanced (MySuper) option delivered members 10.8% for the financial year 2025-26, while the Indexed Balanced option and the High Growth option returned members 11.06% and 12.61% respectively.

ASIC levy estimates jump 19% as regulator ramps up funding

VINNY VUCAGO

ASIC has lifted its estimated industry funding levy by almost 20% for 2025-26, with regulated entities expected to shoulder $400.5 million in regulatory costs as the corporate watchdog expands its supervision and enforcement activities.

GQG bleeds over US$7bn in FUM in June

MATTHEW WAI

Despite recording positive investment performance, GQG Partners observed a significant outflow, with net outflows of $4.62 billion recorded in the month of June, as FUM slipped to $225 billion at June end, compared to $235.5 billion in the month prior.

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