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Afternoon market wrap: Shares gain ground

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2003
... said. He said the banking sector held the market in positive territory as investors sought to benefit from the sector's "safe haven" status. ANZ was the biggest mover, up 27 cents to $17.12, while Commonwealth Bank of Australia rose 12 cents to $27.92 ...

Simon Crean hails ALP as the 'Party of the Superannuants' at talk today

The Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Simon Crean emphasised the importance of superannuation to his party's core value system during the unveiling of the second leg of the ALP's retirement incomes policy labelled 'Superannuation: A Safer System' ...

Afternoon market wrap: Australian shares close higher

WITH AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2003
... Australian dollar and... the prospect of higher interest rates." In that environment, he said, banks were seen as defensive, "safe haven" stocks. National Australia Bank posted the biggest gain of the major banks, lifting 58 cents or 2.02 per cent to ...

ALP launches new superannuation plan, emphasising simplicity

... ALP said that investment choice will become a basic service obligation to be offered by all funds. Labor also said that a safe choice of fund model which allows an individual to select a fund they wish to join should be made available. They said that ...

Labor announces launch of book on simplifying the superannuation system

The Shadow Treasurer Mark Latham and Shadow Minister for Retirement Incomes and Savings Senator Nick Sherry have announced the joint release of the first chapter of "Simple Super" on 13 November at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

Navigator launches new "safety" fund for cautious investors

... within a fund that offers leading Australian equity investments. "The potential for higher returns than the traditionally safe-but-conservative performance of cash, along with the peace-of-mind that capital protection brings, are likely to be the two ...

ALP to lift veil on super strategy

ALP shadow treasurer Mark Latham will next week begin to spell out in detail the Federal Opposition's plans for the superannuation industry, as part of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia's (ASFA's) annual conference to be held in Brisbane. ...

Government Telstra sale blocked by Senate

The Government has threatened to use the sale of Telstra as an election trigger after its attempts to fully privatise the company were blocked by the Senate. The four independents whose votes are crucial to the Government its 50.1 per cent stake in ...

APEC will seek to exorcise the failures of WTO Cancun

... countries and strengthen both their public and private sectors. The priorities here are for developing human capital, fostering safe and efficient capital markets, strengthening economic infrastructure, harnessing technologies of the future, promoting ...

Lenders could withstand substantial housing correction: APRA

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
Banks and mortgage brokers would withstand a substantial local housing market correction if it eventuated, an Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) study shows. APRA chairman John Laker, speaking on his 100th day in the job, today released ...