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IFSA's Gilbert resurfaces at law firm

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... sector associations. Prior to joining IFSA he was a general manager in CUSCAL Funds Management and secretary to a number of Senate Committees, including the Senate Select Committee on Superannuation. Speed and Stracey is a boutique Sydney law firm, specialising ...

Almost Per-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... expert on the Great Depression - at this stage of the game (when it looks like its winning) only creates uncertainty. The US Senate still has to approve Obama's nomination. They will because the market liked what they saw. "Home of the brave." The S&P/Case-Shiller ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... he was nominating Bernanke for a second four-year term, citing his skill in maneuvering the economy toward recovery. The Senate is expected to confirm the nomination. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 30.01 points, or 0.32 per cent, to 9539.29. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... Australia (RBA), Glenn Stevens, will address an Anika Foundation luncheon in Sydney. The RBA's Malcolm Edey will speak at a Senate Standing Committee hearing into the federal government's bank funding guarantees. Wesfarmers managing director Richard ...

Acronyms pull down USD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... best sum up the macro-environment for the second quarter economy through to the remainder of 2009. Speaking before the US Senate Banking Committee, Geithner stressed that the government remains determined to win the battle to sweep away toxic debts from ...

Govt continues to target high income HHs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... the Rudd government points to the previous government's record on core versus non-core promises. But minor parties in the Senate already expressing opposition to the rebate cut present more significant hurdles.

Gilbert to retire

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
... Gilbert's successor has begun. Gilbert began his career in superannuation in Canberra, acting as secretary across a number of Senate committees including the Senate Committee on Superannuation. During this time, he wrote 12 committee reports including ...

Stanford slashes costs to save endowment

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... Stanford will also impose a university-wide salary freeze in fiscal year 2010, which begins Sept. 1, he told the Faculty Senate at its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday. "As with any salary freeze, it's not 100 percent," Etchemendy said, adding ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... about 250 points, or 3.5 per cent. Other major stock indexes rose about four per cent. In his semiannual report to the Senate Banking Committee, Bernanke predicted the economy is likely to keep contracting in the first six months of 2009, but that "there ...

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... temporarily nationalise some banks in order to facilitate a swift and orderly restructuring.' Almost at the same time, US Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd remarked that some US banks might have to be nationalised for a 'short time.' ...