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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached a record high following the Republican win in the US midterm elections. At 0910 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up 14 ...

Coalition secures PUP support on FoFA vote

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
The Coalition defeated a Labor motion to disallow the changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation after it secured the support from Palmer United Party (PUP) and other crossbench Senators. Labor Senator Sam Dastiary's attempt to disallow ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Govt needs six votes to pass pension changes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
The government will need six cross bench votes in the Senate if it is to pass its proposed changes to the Age Pension. The government has proposed lifting the pension age to 70 by 2035, and indexing it to inflation rather than wages. The Coalition will ...

Big obstacles for funds going it alone on PE

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
Private equity (PE) returns may be stronger than we think and while this is attracting super funds to direct their own PE investment placements, this approach is not for everybody, reveals new research from McKinsey & Company. The global management ...

Crimea makes it domestic

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
My, my... Crimea has just put a new twist in the turn of the Russia/Ukraine saga. Crimea's Parliament voted - unanimously if I may add - to secede from Ukraine and re-join Russia (which it was part of it till 1954). The Crimeans will get their say in ...

RBS posts soaring losses, pays $1m bonuses

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... bumper bonuses at the state-backed institution drew a fierce response from Business Secretary Vince Cable, a key Liberal Democrat in Britain's Conservative-led coalition government. "The public will simply not understand why big bonuses and large salaries ...

US Congress votes to raise debt ceiling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... House of Representatives 221 to 201 after an estimated 30 Republicans reversed their normal tactic of strongly opposing Democrat sponsored legislation to increase the debt ceiling unless President Barack Obama agreed to major budget cuts. The change ...

PE firms struggling with data management

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
Six out of 10 private equity firms are struggling with document management and disseminating data into market intelligence, according to global research conducted jointly by TABB Group and SunGard. The team behind the research surveyed 119 senior private ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on international bourses after US politicians reached a budget deal. At 0841 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 36 points at 5,089. US Democratic senator ...