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Sherry overhauls award system

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
The Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law Nick Sherry is looking to modernise the country's award system, including superannuation, to boost Australians' financial safety nets. "The government believes workers should be protected in the workplace ...

Climate change rhetoric unsustainable

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
The reaction to the proposed plastic bag levy and expected energy price rises due to having to pay for carbon output shows Australia may not be as committed to sustainability as we claim to be. Australia is the nation which has the most signatories ...

Future Fund to adopt ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
The Federal Government's Future Fund has confirmed it will be looking at environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues as part of its investment strategies in 2008. The government-backed $59.6 billion fund was highlighted by Australian Conservation ...

Choice system to cost $90m: CitiStreet

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
The cost of processing contributions associated with Australia's Choice of Fund system is around $20 to $30 million per year, and could reach $90 million by 2012, according to CitiStreet. The global retirement plan administrator revealed the findings ...

Bluestone cuts back hard

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
Bluestone Group is the latest lender to make big cuts in its lending program in the face of increasingly risk-averse global debt markets. Bluestone, a specialist supplier of non-conforming loans, told staff and business partners yesterday that it would ...

Diversity wins at State Street

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation, is to launch a range of diversified growth strategies using both traditional and alternative asset classes. These strategies will invest across a combination ...

Value after sub-prime: van Eyk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
Investors should be looking to invest in emerging markets and shares that benefit from market volatility in the coming year, according to Stephen van Eyk, van Eyk Research managing director. Speaking at the SPAA conference, van Eyk said investors should ...

Liquidnet rakes $200m off starting blocks

Liquidnet, the global agency broker that's just launched in Australia, has said members have traded $200 million in equities using the group's block matching system. The group allows institutional investors to trade large blocks of equities directly ...

Regulators fight breaches online

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched a new online breach reporting system for dual-regulated institutions. According to a joint statement released by both ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... employment, also for March. Transport firm Asciano Group Ltd releases audited interim results. Australian shares finished in the red for the third consecutive trading day yesterday, as investors shunned the big miners and energy stocks, although a small ...