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The good oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... a recession. In addition, even China is feeling the pinch. Slower economic growth equals less oil demand. The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) tried to stem the slide in their most precious commodity by announcing a cut in production ...

Oil on slippery slope?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... July this year and momentum indicates that further declines are in store. Concern over the global outlook and the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries' (OPEC) decision not to cut back its production target outweighed reports of a fall in US ...

Inflation outlook dim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... slowing global growth should help put downward pressure on energy consumption. World oil demand, according to the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will fall by 1.20 percent this year from 1.28 percent. In other news, US industrial ...

PM's wrong and right oil strategy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... of high oil prices on Australia and the world economy, wants this month's G8 Summit in Japan to strong-arm the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) into increasing supplies which should lead to oil price falls. But Australia making up ...

Sub-prime's house of cards

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
... sparked by the fallout of the sub-prime mess. To prevent a repeat of this sub-prime credit crisis, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions taskforce will investigate risk management procedures for trading structured products and consider ...

No special rules needed for PE: FSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
... name." Private equity associations and managers should also expect more official inquiries as the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has commissioned its own private equity taskforce, to be lead by the FSA. To download the FSA's ...

TOWER appoints new chairman

... as chairman ahead of current chair Olaf O'Duill's retirement on 30 June. The announcement follows the recent re-organisation of the company due to the Prefsure merger early this year. Dr Barton is on several public company boards including Air Liquid ...

Finsuper jumps aboard the STA-ARF train

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2006
On 30 June Finsuper will merge with STA, which by then will have evolved into the massive STA-ARF merged entity. After the boards of both organisations completed due diligence, Finsuper decided the merger was the right move for its members. The merger ...

ASIC gives credit rating agencies a break

... tailored protection measures for them." Bird said the "tailored" measures ASIC have selected are the International Organisation of Securities Commission (IOSCO) international voluntary codes of conduct, which under ASIC's relief measure will now be mandatory. ...

Weekly economic roundup

... domestic data released last week in favour of the more market moving decisions by the US Federal Reserve and by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Last week, the US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) also voted ...