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Govt targets early release schemes; defers SMSF transfer ban

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
Promoters of illegal early release superannuation schemes will face tough penalties as part of the Government's Stronger Super reforms. Minister for superannuation, Bill Shorten, announced the crack down targeting schemes promoted as a means of accessing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 14.2 points, or 0.35 per cent, at 4,082.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index was stronger by 12.3 points, or 0.3 per cent, at 4,118.3. US stocks broke a six-day losing streak Friday, helped by better-than-feared ...

Uncertainly good or bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... while there may be an easing in export growth, the more substantial drop in imports mean that net exports would provide a stronger contribution to China's economic growth. Where's the hard landing in that? And so here we are, still caught between the ...

GS, Citi appointed for NSW elec, coal mine sales

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... saving to NSW taxpayers in avoided costs to meet future generation capacity needs. "This important reform will also drive stronger competition in the electricity sector, which will help to put downward pressure on power prices for consumers and businesses," ...

SMSFs need better access to alternatives: BlueSky

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... the structural demand that exists. Fund managers will try to meet this demand and help fill the allocations, drawing stronger products into the SMSF savings pool."

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... shares rose, led by retailers with stores in Australia such as Kathmandu and Pumpkin Patch, after figures this week showed stronger than expected consumer spending across the Tasman. The NZX 50 Index rose 1.08 points, or 0.03 per cent, to 3,484.20.

Waiting on the world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... abroad, "In Australia, recent data suggest that the economy continued to grow in the first part of 2012, at a pace somewhat stronger than had been earlier indicated" and "labour market conditions also firmed a little, notwithstanding job shedding in ...

Russell launches after-tax survey

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... investment outcomes both on a pre-tax and after-tax basis - a requirement for superannuation fund investors under the Stronger Super reforms. "We believe this is the only survey that allows strategies to be easily compared on an after-tax basis. It will ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... Adrian Leppinus said any proposed split would allow News Corp to quarantine some of its traditional media assets from its stronger-performing portfolio of television properties. "Investors can then choose probably the better path that they want to invest ...

Mercer acquires Sovereign

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... going to be critical as investors continue to address market volatility and seek to diversify their portfolios to secure stronger returns over the longer term," Roberts said. King said clients moving with Sovereign to Mercer will benefit from the increased ...