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Audit report "disappointing"

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... perform all of the procedures needed to prove that the audited financial report was not materially misstated, ASIC said. The figure for the previous 18 months was 14%. While the financial reports audited may not have been materially misstated, the auditor ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
SYDNEY - The Australian market looks likely to open slightly higher as investors wait for developments from talks in the United States to avoid impending government spending cuts and tax increases. At 0815 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price ...

Give super fund directors more time: Gonski

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
Future Fund chairman David Gonski is diametrically opposed to frequent re-election of superannuation fund directors. Instead he says that board members' tenures should be structured as three terms of three years or two terms of five years. "Annual re-elections ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
Australian stocks have opened firmer, with gains among mining-related companies among the early highlights in quiet trading conditions. At 1035 AEDT on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 12.8 points, or 0.28 per cent, at 4,518.8 points, while the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
The Australian market looks set to begin the week with gains after a rise in commodity prices on Friday. World stock markets had a relatively flat end to last week, but oil and base metals prices rose, which could give a boost to Australia's major resources ...

Fund budget surplus with cuts to super tax breaks: Treasury

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
The Australian market is slightly higher after US politicians indicated they were willing to work together to ensure the economy didn't fall off the "fiscal cliff". At 1019 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 0.8 points, or 0.02 per cent, at ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street gains on optimism the looming "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax rises and spending cuts threatening the US with recession can be avoided. At 0643 AEDT on Thursday, the December share ...

Challenger ready for new capital rules

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... after tax (NPAT) was $297 million, up 20%. The NPAT amount is used to work out dividend payments and the earnings-per-share figure. "In volatile periods like we've experienced over the last five years, statutory profit may be significantly more than ...

Super FUM up 13%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... only 119 corporate funds still operating, plus 95 industry and public sector funds. While there are 347 retail funds, this figure refers to the high level legal entity funds that populate the much larger array of retail platforms and products offered ...