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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
Shares are more than 1% firmer as Australian investors shrug off concerns about slowing global growth. The big banks and miners were leading the broader local market higher as investors took their cues from a rebound on US and European markets, Australian ...

Life Insurance and Advice Working Group chair appointed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
Former APRA member John Trowbridge has been appointed independent chairman of the Life Insurance and Advice Working Group established by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Services Council (FSC). The working group will address ...

Matrix shareholders approve ClearView acquisition

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
ClearView Wealth has received 100% approval from Matrix shareholders for its acquisition of the planning group. All conditions of the offer had been met or waived and the offer closes successfully today. ClearView managing director Simon Swanson said ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... bolstered resource stocks, IG Markets market strategist Evan Lucas said. There's been speculation Glencore Xstrata wanted to merge with Rio Tinto - a move that would replace BHP Billiton as the world's biggest mining company. However, while confirming ...

Treasury proposes tax relief for merging super funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
The government finally looks set to provide capital gains taxation relief for merging super funds after years of pressure from the superannuation industry. This week Treasury has released a consultation paper recommending concrete amendments to the ...

Govt to amend fund merger tax laws

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
The Abbott government has announced that it will go ahead with amendments to the tax rules around fund mergers to ensure members caught up in such mergers are not inadvertently hit with tax penalties. The amendments were proposed by the previous Labor ...

Gold stocks undervalued but likely to rise

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
Gold stocks are undervalued, but are likely to rise over the next years as Chinese demand increases and production costs lower. Van Eck Global portfolio manager of gold strategies Joe Foster predicted that gold prices could surpass the US$1,400 an ounce ...

Matrix merger to place ClearView among top 10 licensees

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
ClearView's bid to acquire all of the shares in Matrix's financial planning business would place the combined group among Australia's ten largest advice groups by number of advisers. ClearView and Matrix entered into a merger implementation deed last ...

Wilson HTM nixes Shaw deal

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... further dialogue in relation to a proposed transaction." In August Wilson HTM told the ASX that it had plans to either sell or merge its stockbroking arm with Shaw. "In response to speculation in today's Australian Financial Review, Wilson HTM Investment ...

Treasury Group announces double digit growth for full year

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
Treasury Group has announced double digit growth in its profits and funds under management after strong growth from RARE Infrastructure (RARE) and Investors Mutual Limited (IML) in its full year results. In a statement to the ASX the investment management ...