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SG survives mining tax deal

ALEX DUNNIN, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
The government and large miners have negotiated a breakthrough compromise deal on the mining tax that not only keeps the broad structure of the tax in place but saves most of its benefits, especially the SG uplift. Driving the negotiations were Deputy ...

AXA ramps up insurance for 115,000 clients

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
An extra 115,000 financial planner clients who use AXA insurance will be able to tap improved cover, following upgrades to the firm's financial protection products. AXA announced on Friday that upgrades towards life, trauma and TPD plans, along with ...

Centrepoint and PIS merger agreement changed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2010
The merger between Centrepoint Alliance and Professional Investment Services (PIS) is expected to go ahead but the agreement has changed. Centrepoint Alliance found no unanticipated issues with PIS during the due diligence process but the terms of the ...

PM Gillard makes wealth reforms more likely

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
The elevation of Julia Gillard to become Australia's first female Prime Minister, which increases the odds the government will be re-elected and possibly win back a few senate seats, makes it more likely that the government's financial services reform ...

Waiting to see

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
It was another ho-hum moment on Wall Street overnight. The Dow went down less than 1 per cent, then up less than 1 per cent, then closed 0.1 per cent higher. The same goes for the S&P 500 index... well, almost. It went down less than 1 per cent, up ...

World-class Aussie funds reach Europe through UCITS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
European Union laws that come into effect next year will allow Australian fund managers to invest funds for overseas investors with less admin headaches. It's the new world breaking into the old world. Australian fund managers, many of whom could trace ...

SG lift costs super $700bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
The superannuation funds industry's celebrations over winning their battle for more SG would be more subdued if they factored in how the Henry Review's original tax reform proposals would have added an extra $700 billion to their coffers, reveals new ...

Prudential halts AIA talks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010

Ausmaq goes live on SWIFT tech

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
Ausmaq has become the first Australian investment platform to use live automated funds transaction processing over SWIFT technology. Mark Candy, general manager client services Ausmaq, said using SWIFT was an extension of the firm's push to drive automation ...

US pension funds boost mortgages

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
The $146 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund has pumped $564 million into Fannie Mae mortgages in New York to help stabilise mortgage lending in the state. According to a press statement by state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, the $564 million ...