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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... releases its Trades Report for the June quarter. In equities news, Wesfarmers Ltd issues fourth quarter sales figures, and Origin Energy Ltd and Murchison Metals Ltd publish quarterly production reports. First half results are due from Austar United ...

SMSF body moves against super death tax

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
The financial services community now has the chance to comment on the recent draft tax ruling affecting self-managed super funds that some have called a death tax by stealth. Peter Burgess, technical director of the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... second quarter operating revenue jumped 42 per cent. Woodside Petroleum rose 48 cents, or 1.24 per cent, to $39.33, while Origin Energy added 27 cents, or 1.8 per cent, to $15.23. The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,613.20 per ounce, down $US4.37 ...

Real estate may cause super tax headache

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
Real estate investments within superannuation would cause the biggest issue when pension-phase funds revert to accumulation on the death of the member, a self-managed super fund expert said today. David Busoli, national head of education for Cavendish ...

Perpetual downgraded as FUM redistributed

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2011
The Sevior storm continues after Standard & Poor's downgraded Perpetual's Wholesale Concentrated Equity Fund to four stars due to the fund manager's absence, with the ratings house noting shifts in several institutional investor funds. S&P has attributed ...

Ascalon fund cashes in on low carbon world

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
Ascalon Capital Managers continues the momentum of funds moving into the clean energy space, launching a retail version of Arkx Investment Management's clean energy fund to capitalise on low carbon economies. The Arkx Global Clean Energy Fund will focus ...

Women in Super scholarship winners announced

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
Winners of the Women in Super NSW scholarship program have been awarded and continue the group's work of getting more female representation of boards. Announced this week, NSW Women In Super (WIS) named its five winners who will attend a 'Getting Started ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... finished level at 270. Sky TV fell 2c to 560, Sky City gained 4c to 361, Contact Energy, majority owned by Australia's Origin Energy, was up 3c to 538, and cornerstone stock Telecom fell 3c to 242.5c. Nuplex lost 8c to 294.

DKN agrees to support IOOF takeover

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
Financial services provider DKN Financial Group has agreed to an increased takeover offer by IOOF Holdings, subject to independent valuation. IOOF has increased its bid from an indicative offer of 75c per DKN share, which was hotly rejected by major ...

Perpetual transitions team around Sevior

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
Soon-to-depart star fund manager, John Sevior, may not return to his original role but instead could explore new boutique fund options within the Perpetual organisation, upon his anticipated return from long service leave. Sevior, who manages 33% of ...