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PROFILE: Australian Unity PFS CEO Steve Davis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... tells Laura Millan. Today, Davis is chief executive at Australian Unity Personal Financial Services. The company's recent bid to acquire Premium Wealth Management made the headlines; not only because the buyout fits with the current trend of consolidation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... international conflicts grew. Sentiment also was hit by news that several huge mergers had collapsed, including 21st Century Fox's bid for Time Warner and that of Japanese-controlled US wireless operator Sprint for T-Mobile. Sydney shed 3.0 points, or ...

Super tax in firing line

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
Superannuation is likely to be in the firing line as the Federal government looks for tax savings in a bid to repair the fiscal state of the economy, according to BT chief economist Dr Chris Caton. "The generosity of the super taxation structure will ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... fresh sanctions against the West and Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox withdrew an estimated $US80 billion ($A86.56 billion) bid to acquire Time Warner. CMC Markets chief market analyst Ric Spooner said the Australian market had opened higher than expected ...

FSC bids to lead retirement income debate

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive John Brogden has called for a national retirement income policy. In his keynote speech to the FSC Annual Conference, Brogden said the FSC would embrace the opportunity and lead the debate on taking superannuation ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... have imposed sanctions on Russia over its defiant stance on Ukraine. Meanwhile, Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox withdrew a bid estimated at $US80 billion ($A86.56 billion) to acquire Time Warner. Time Warner sank 12.0 per cent, while Fox rose 3.3 per ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... cents, or 6.35 per cent, to 34 cents. James Packer's Crown Resorts was down 15.5 cents to $15.85 after announcing a fresh bid to enter the Las Vegas casino market through the purchase of a site on the famous Strip. The big four banks and the major miners ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... Media gained 2.75 cents to 93.75 cents, following media reports billionaire Gina Rinehart is considering launching a takeover bid for the company.

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... remains in a trading halt pending a Federal Court hearing over South African company Woolworths Holdings' $2.2 billion takeover bid.

Deal with government brings in consumer protection: Palmer

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... inquiry into FoFA. "This is a government desperate to water down protections for investors, desperate to secure a desperate bid in the last minute," Bowen told journalists. "The deal was brokered at the last minute just to save this government's pride ...