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ATO to re-issue rejected surcharge assessments

Superannuation funds can expect an influx in November of re-issued surcharge assessments for the 1998 and 1999 years, following new efforts by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to locate members that may have earlier transferred to a different fund. ...

Simon Crean hails ALP as the 'Party of the Superannuants' at talk today

The Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Simon Crean emphasised the importance of superannuation to his party's core value system during the unveiling of the second leg of the ALP's retirement incomes policy labelled 'Superannuation: A Safer System' ...

Midday market wrap: Local shares climb after gains overnight in US

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2003
The Australian share market opened higher today following a positive lead from key United States indices overnight. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 8.2 points better off at 3189.6 by 1015 AEDT while the all ordinaries index had lifted 7.9 points ...

Skilled vacancies index up 1.7% in November

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2003
Australia's jobs boom shows no sign of slowing after new figures today showed vacancies for skilled workers rose 1.7 per cent in November. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) said its skilled vacancies index rose to 114.9 in ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar stronger at noon

The Australian dollar was stronger at noon, keeping overnight gains which shot it to fresh six-year highs following US dollar weakness. At 1200 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7232/40 compared with yesterday's close of 0.7154/59. The ...

Rising rates take steam out of real estate market

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2003
Rising interest rates have helped take some of the steam out of Australia's real estate market as price rises begin to show signs of plateauing and short-term speculators exit the market. Clearance rates at auctions in New South Wales over the past ...

AAA/A1-plus rating for ACT affirmed: S&P

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2003
Standard & Poor's ratings services said today it has affirmed the AAA/A1-plus local and foreign currency ratings on the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The outlook remains stable. The AAA and A1-plus ratings are the highest ratings assigned by Standard ...

van Eyk and White Funds Management launches listed investment company

Australian research house van Eyk has joined forces with White Funds Management to provide retail investors access to the performance of its blue chip, growth and special situations portfolios through a new listed investment company called Granite Three ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar hovers at $US0.7200

The Australian dollar opened slightly weaker today but was still hovering on the $US0.7200 level it reached last Friday. At 0700 AEDT the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.7198/03 compared with Friday's close of 0.7212/17. The local unit reached ...

Midday Market Wrap: Momentum of dollar causes concern on market

The Australian share market weakened at noon today with investors concerned about the growing momentum of the Australian dollar as it crashed through 72 US cents today. Macquarie Equities client adviser Helen Spencer said the market was showing weakness ...