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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2006
Following the 178 recommendations of the Productivity Commission Taskforce on how the government might reduce bureaucratic problems associated with the administration of the GST and FBT, Treasurer Costello has announced that 158 of the recommendations ...

Bluestone making aged care bonds affordable

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2006
Bluestone Equity Release has launched a new product to assist retirees in funding residential aged care accommodation bonds by using the equity in their family homes, while also resisting any rise to its fixed-for-life product despite last week's 25 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2006
The stock market is expected to open lower after US stocks fell on Friday in response to mounting violence in the Middle East. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down 24 points to 4903. Today, the Reserve Bank ...

Parl committee to review entire super industry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2006
... documents, its objective is to review "the superannuation industry to ensure that it provides an efficient, effective and safe regulatory structure for the management of superannuation funds." At the headline level it has announced it will investigate ...

RSE licensing transition grinds to a close

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2006
The end of the financial year also marked the transition to the new superannuation trustee licensing system, with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) reporting that most of the applicants were awarded a Registrable Superannuation Entity ...

Online banking rules: Commonwealth

... internet security remains an issue with only 32 per cent of respondents convinced that online banking is completely fraud-safe. Only months ago, spam emails circulated requesting the recipients to send their banking details to a site that pretended to ...

All is fair in love and bankruptcy

Small business mums and dads will be the worst affected by the new bankruptcy rule that allows bankruptcy trustees to take away the family home even if only one spouse goes bankrupt, regardless of who paid what for the property. Geoff McDonald, barrister ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2006
... diversified manufacturer 3M. Investors also bailed out of risky assets such as US-traded emerging-market shares in favour of safe-haven assets like Treasury debt as the outlook for interest rates grew more uncertain. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006
... prices weigh on the previously robust resources sector, although this weakness is expected to be partially offset by some safe haven buying in the financial sector. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index was one point weaker at 5085. ...

Sage joins the Tandem team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2006
... of Advice Financial Solutions and the transition of Sage to the Tandem group was the clear synergies that existed between Safe and Tandem's service and advice-based culture," said Analaura Luna. Sage was formerly part of the AXA Financial Planning network ...