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BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... refuses to be buried in the inside news pages. "For Greece, the problem is completely over," shouted former European Commission President and former Italian PM Romano Prodi from halfway across the globe in Shanghai. "I don't see any other case now in ...

Happy days are back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2010
... prepare more budget measures if it fails to make sufficient progress in cutting its deficit by then. If the European Commission is not satisfied with Greece's efforts, the EU "will impose on Greece the acceptance of additional measures." Yeah, kick the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... $3.14, or 4.28 per cent, to $70.20 and BHP declined 78 cents, or 1.89 per cent, to $40.47. Overnight, the European Commission said it had opened a formal anti-trust investigation into Rio and BHP's proposal to share iron ore assets in Western Australia. ...

Europe fails at fee disclosure

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... commissions that are paid to distributors for selling or "advising" the funds, noted the report. Figures from the European Commission noted that distribution fees make up an average 64 per cent of TER in Europe. Fee transparency has been a hotly contested ...

Regulators tighten grip on hedge funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
... hedge fund regulation. Tighter regulation already looks set to impact Europe's hedge fund arena, with the European Commission's draft directive to police hedge funds threatening the future of Aussie fund managers and investors in Europe. In July, the ...

EC's reforms could be fatal to hedgies

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
The European Commission's draft directive to police hedge funds more threatens the future of Aussie fund managers and investors in Europe, warns a key industry association. The Australian arm of the Alternative Investment Management Association is waving ...

Oil on slippery slope?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... markets over the flow of evidence that global growth economic activity is deteriorating. Just last night, the European Commission (EC) revised its 2008 growth forecast for Europe to 1.3 per cent from the previous estimate of 1.7 per cent. The EC anticipates ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2008
... to lodge documents regarding its $US174 billion ($A186.7 billion) takeover bid for rival miner Rio with the European Commission (EC) within a fortnight. By 1207 AEDT shares in Macarthur Coal were down 14 cents, or 0.79 per cent $17.61, after it said ...

Conflicting rate calls

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... slowdown as collateral damage from the US sub-prime mortgage slump surfaces. There's also mounting fear that the European Commission may cut its original 2008 growth projection from 2.2 per cent to 1.8 per cent. Based on these numbers Michael Schubert ...

SWIFT overhauls proxy voting

... three banks US$1.4 million for failing to process the voting instructions of their clients. In Europe, the European Commission launched a Shareholder Rights Directive (ESRD), to be implemented in 2009. The directive is designed to reduce the costs and ...