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Lehman Bros wins Japanese trading approval

... provide liquidity for the Asian and European carbon markets. The company is the first foreign financial firm to receive the nod and joins a select list of leading Japanese trading houses and companies. "We are delighted that the Japanese authorities ...

Bridges over fresh waters

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
... the seal of approval. In global shares, Rubicon International Leaders Fund and Schroders Global Active Value Funds got the nod. Justin McLaughlin, head of research at Bridges Financial Services, said the reason behind the new additions was "because they ...

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 ...

ALP's broadband funding comes under fire

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
The Federal Labor Opposition has come under fire for its plan to build a high speed broadband fibre to the node (FTTN) network covering 98 per cent of the population, with the $4.7 billion dollar project to be bankrolled by the Future Fund's remaining ...

Industry gives new AML/CTF Bill the nod

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2006
The Federal Government has released a revised version of the draft Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Bill (AML/CTF) which has been cautiously welcomed by key industry groups who are pushing for a three year transition time. The changes ...

VFMC gives Watson Wyatt the nod

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2006
The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has announced the appointment of Watson Wyatt as its investment strategy consultant. From next week VFMC will assume responsibility for setting the asset allocation of its clients in addition, as well ...

Govt will not ban commissions: Pearce

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
... interest, when advisers were selling products with commissions attached. In a veiled acknowledgement of the ASIC report and in a nod towards cleaning up the industry's conflicts issues, Pearce said consumers are starting to become more aware of how they ...

Tribeca joins The Washington Post

The shareholders of leading education services provider Tribeca have given the nod to the group's acquisition by US-based Kaplan, a subsidiary of The Washington Post Company, for around $56 million. The proposed acquisition was flagged early December ...

NAB completes $575m insurance sale to AXA

The National Australia Bank (NAB) has finally received the regulatory nod to complete the $575 million sale of MLC Hong Kong and MLC Indonesia to AXA Asia Pacific Holdings (AXA APH). The bank flagged its intentions to divest its life insurance operations ...

FOHFs get the nod from van Eyk

van Eyk have released research which prescribes fund of hedge funds (FOHFs) as an attractive risk-return inclusion in portfolios, provided investors are willing to stomach high fees. van Eyk's senior research analyst Dr Jerome Lander said that FOHFs ...