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BT launches EOFY tax tool

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
BT Wrap has launched an online tool for tax statements in response to adviser demand to make end of financial year processing times and statement delivery more seamless. The new online Estimator Tool sits on BT Wrap's website and is designed to support ...

Bad news? Where?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
The times, they are a-changin' - or more accurately, market sentiment is. The glass is no longer half-empty, it's half-filled and if leaks again, the Fed will be there to top it up. So half-full that our very own S&P/AX 200 index surged by more than ...

Pipeline Partners makes HFM bid

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
Pipeline Partners Australia has made a binding $1.23bn takeover offer for the Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund. "The Hastings Funds Management Ltd (HFML) subcommittee of independent directors is currently considering the terms of the proposal and ...

GS, Citi appointed for NSW elec, coal mine sales

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
Goldman Sachs will advise the NSW government on the $3bn sale of the State's electricity generators while Citigroup will act as specialist financial adviser on the sale or lease of the Cobbora coal mine development. "The sale of the State's electricity ...

Can this latest kick of the can can?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
Spectacularly fantabolous! This was the financial markets' reaction to Europe's kinder surprise on the last day of the last trading week of the last month of the second quarter. Wall Street gained big time - the Dow ended 2.2% up, the S&P 500 closed ...

Dressing the windows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
Is she? Was she? Who did it? Poor Frau no deal "as long as I live" Angie babe. My apologies, this is a very nasty thing to even contemplate but just try and put two and two together - last night's equity markets rally and yesterday's statement by the ...

Indonesia woos infra investment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
Indonesia is currently hosting a world-first Global Airports conference to bring together experts on airports and development in infrastructure as part of a broader plan to ensure the country's economic growth is properly supported. The World Bank has ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
The Australian share market was lower at noon as investors looked beyond the positive election result in Greece to an upcoming meeting of the US central bank. It is hoped that the US Federal Reserve at a meeting on Wednesday will undertake new stimulus ...

SuperStream passes Lower House

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
Super Stream legislation passed through the Lower House yesterday but while the government is upbeat, the superannuation industry is still wary. The measures were contained in the Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Stronger Super) Bill 2012 that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
Australian shares opened almost 1.5 per cent higher after Greece elected the pro-bailout New Democracy party to power. At 1022 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 56.6 points, or 1.4 per cent, at 4,113.9, while the broader All Ordinaries ...