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Seize the pay

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... $8.35 million termination payment even when the company's shareprice fell from $2.63 to 60 cents. "The global financial crisis has highlighted the misalignment between executive rewards and risks taken by companies," said Erik Mather, Regnan's managing ...

AIG: 100 per cent GFC proof

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... ask where do we sign up for a job there. Wouldn't it be nice to work for a company that is 100 per cent global financial crisis proof?

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... per cent and seek to boost its Australian business as it eyes potential acquisitions thrown up by the global financial crisis. But it said there were no immediate plans for acquisitions. "There's nothing new there. We thought they would talk about their ...

Developing Asia worst hit

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
Developing countries in Asia are the worst casualties of the global financial crisis, which last year slashed the value of financial assets worldwide by a massive US$50 trillion. According to a new study by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), losses on ...

Spring springs on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... 'expects global growth to slow below zero this year, the worst performance in most of our lifetimes' as the global financial crisis 'might now be called the great recession.' Tomorrow or perhaps the day after, markets would again be holding vigil for ...

Instos cool on direct infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... and endowment funds said the biggest impact on the fund's performance would be uncertainty around the global financial crisis and liquidity. Only three per cent of institutional investors said fund switching and respective government bailouts would affect ...

Fanning the flames of fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... up' or something along those lines. These days it seems that after more than a year and a half of the global financial crisis, trillions in bail-out money, record low interest rates and government guarantees, many still harp about how bad things are ...

Stanford slashes costs to save endowment

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... had planned to cut expenses by $156 million-or about 15 percent-over the next two fiscal years. But the global financial crisis has hit hard, and as the value of its endowment continued to fall, Stanford decided those cuts had to be accomplished in one ...

Clients duck for income cover

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... sales for IP insurance jumped 25 per cent last quarter compared with the same period a year ago. "The global financial crisis is a major concern for all and our network of advisers are reporting an increased number of clients who are interested in taking ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... separate American Chamber of Commerce in Australia function, with a speech titled Decision Making During the Global Financial Crisis. North West Chemicals and Fertilisers are expected to make a urea project announcement. On Thursday, the Australian share ...