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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2011
The Australian share market is expected to open slightly lower today, after Wall Street eased overnight on lingering concerns over debt on both sides of the Atlantic. At 0701 AEST, the local September share price index futures contract was down seven ...

US to avoid default, EM stocks to rise: Janus

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
The US debt-ceiling debacle may give markets a bit of a scare but was unlikely to end in disaster, a portfolio manager for Janus Capital Group said yesterday. US President Barack Obama has warned of impending US economic catastrophe if Congress doesn't ...

Planners make their budget wishes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
As the Federal Government goes into budget lockdown, financial advisers have named their dearest wishes - and it's not for free set top boxes. Concessional caps, tax concessions for advice fees and a cut in the company tax rate were at the top of the ...

FOFA leaves consumers in the cold

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
The interests of Australian consumers have been cast aside with the government failing to address the key issues with the latest announcement of FOFA reforms, according to the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). AFA's chief executive officer Richard ...

Strong dollar fuels shift to unhedged intl equities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
Some financial advisers are responding to client demand for their international share investments to be unhedged. "There will be advisers looking at internationals more due to the high Australian dollar but if you are getting research that the dollar ...

Govt to offer more choices on FHSAs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
First Home Saver Accounts (FHSAs) could become more appealing to first home owners following proposed changes released this week. The draft legislation announced by the deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan offers more concessions that will ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
The Australian share market had slipped into the red by noon, after opening stronger following another strong night overseas. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down three points, or 0.07 per cent, at 4,353.9, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

SG jump twice as bad as mining tax slug

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
The political focus might be on the government's $9 billion super profits tax slug on miners, but employer groups say lifting SG by one third will hit them twice as hard. "The superannuation levy increase is the biggest new taxing measure in the Government ...

Govt unveils more super reforms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
The Rudd Government hopes to boost national retirement savings by raising the superannuation guarantee from 9 to 12 per cent - a move that drew a mixed response from the industry. The Government announced it would raise SG to 12 per cent from 2013 ...

FuturePlus operations head in shock exit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
The operations head at FuturePlus, Bob Biancardi, left the firm last Friday amid tensions between its two owners, LGSS and EISS, the multi-billion dollar government funds currently locked in a power struggle. It is understood that Biancardi was dismissed ...