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Economic round-up: Cheeseburger bill meets fat tax

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
Where legislation fails taxation often takes over and, following on from the cheeseburger bill, UK doctors and the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit are now debating a fat tax. And what in the name of Ronald Macdonald is a 'Cheeseburger Bill'? When it's ...

Northern Trust opens local shop

Global custodian Northern Trust, the US-based custodian selected by the $51 billion Future Fund, flagged its more serious intention to service the local market with the grand opening of an Australian headquarters. In May, the Future Fund handed the ...

Sentry and Epic forge alliance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2007
Sentry Group and Epic Adviser Solutions will join forces from the beginning of July to operate under the Sentry Group Australia banner. Under an agreement signed between Sentry Group and Questus Capital Group, the parent of Epic, the two groups will ...

Economic round-up: Manufacturing out run by fitness

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
The Government has been accused, in a report by the House of Representatives economic committee, of misguidedly prioritising agriculture and manufacturing over the services industry in its global trade negotiations. However, pushing manufacturing exports ...

IMAP open to new members

The Institute of Managed Account Providers (IMAP) is officially accepting new members after finalising its membership conditions and key industry campaigns for this year. Following industry discussions over the past eight months, IMAP will be officially ...

Barclays to buy ABN AMRO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
Barclays has agreed to purchase rival ABN AMRO in a US$91 billion deal, creating the world's largest asset manager and the eighth largest wealth manager, with 47 million customers. However, reports emerged yesterday of a possible rival bid from the ...

New Jersey Govt spends teachers' future fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
The New Jersey Teachers' Pension and Annuity Fund seemed in dire trouble last week as it was revealed funds destined for retirement funding had been diverted to cover more immediate expenditure, in a theme echoing some of the recent debate around Australia's ...

Reverse mortgage standards under fire

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2007
A CHOICE shadow shop survey of the reverse mortgage industry has revealed some poor practices and areas for concern, but plans are already underway from some in the industry to effect a uniform lift in standards. Three CHOICE representatives visited ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
The Labour Price Index released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday shows that in seasonally adjusted terms the overall growth to December last year from a year earlier was 4 per cent which was composed of a 3.8 per cent increase in private ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open flat with only a slight lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0742 AEDT, the March share price index contract was unchanged at 5969. In economic news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia ...