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Consolidated super corporation appoints board

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation has announced its inaugural board with the current chair of ARIA and MSB, Tony Hyams, given the position of chairman. The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) has been established by the consolidation ...

Euro solar attracting Australian investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
Australian investors are investing in European renewable energy markets instead of domestic due to lack of stability and uncertainty at home, according to private equity firm Polaris Energy. The Luxembourg-based company said that Australian investors ...

Equipsuper clears merger hurdle with Vision

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... reached agreement to merge the assets of pooled super by September 30." Brooks denied that the issue had been over guaranteed union-nominated positions on the new board as has been reported. The nine-member ruling body of the merged fund will be a hybrid ...

Minister faces down advisers over opt-in, risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... he said. "Maybe 15 per cent." One adviser asked how much money the industry funds channel to the Labor Party through the union movement. Minister Shorten told him he could look up political donations on the Australian Electoral Commission website, and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... default. The $US40 billion ($A38.09 billion) package of cuts is deeply unpopular, but has been demanded by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund as a precondition for further support. Mr Spooner says any signs this package will not be ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... destabilising default. The $US40 billion ($A38.09 billion) package of cuts is deeply unpopular but has been demanded by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund as a precondition for further support. In a sign of continued weakness in the ...

Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... - was in 1865 when France, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland tried to unify their currencies by forming the Latin Monetary Union. They were joined by Spain and Greece in 1868, and Romania, Bulgaria, Venezuela, Serbia, San Marino in 1889. The Union was disbanded ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... TOKYO - Japanese stock markets closed higher on Tuesday, thanks to a firmer euro against the yen amid optimism that European Union leaders and Athens would tackle the Greek debt crisis. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index rose 105.34, or 1.13 per cent, to ...

Pollies clash over SG

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... with assistant treasurer Bill Shorten calling the Coalition's attitude towards superannuation "belligerent". Speaking at a union's investment forum in Sydney on June 17, Shorten told attendees that within the Liberal party's opposition to the increase ...

Australian Unity possible merger

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
Australian Unity and Big Sky Credit Union are exploring a merger option that would potentially create a 310,000 member strong union. Having signed a heads of agreement, the organisations senior executives and directors have formed an evaluation committee ...