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Frydenberg outlines tax changes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... and securities lending and repurchasing agreements, while excluding trading equity in foreign subsidiaries of Australian banks. The reforms also include the abolition of the Dependent Spouse Tax Offset - which Frydenberg argued "was first introduced ...

Plus ca change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... more after today. To quote Rita Mae Brown, "If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done". Never mind if Greek banks don't open today - reports say that an additional a,-3 billion (US$3.4 billion) was withdrawn from the Greek banks last ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... has forced investors to look for opportunities elsewhere. Moore found them in Ireland and in Span through investments in banks and property: "Ireland took the hard medicine first, bottomed 18 months ago and is now growing stronger. Spain and Italy were ...

Insync with beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... on pubs and clubs. Both Charter Hall and BlackRock have expressed interest in the space recently. But Insync doesn't own banks, resources, utilities or property trusts because Australia already has high exposure to those sectors.

Fund manager fees too high: David Neal

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... moving out along the risk curve, taking more and more risk to stretch for higher returns. Indeed this is exactly what central banks want us to do. "The issue for the investor of course is that if you think these long-term returns are not normal, then ...

Over-reliant bank lending slows OECD economic growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... misallocation of capital; funding investments with low profitability; magnifying the cost of implicit guarantees for too-big-to-fail banks; drawing highly talented workers away from sectors with greater productive potential; and generating boom-bust ...

Bank stocks push share market higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... leads from overseas and gains in some key commodities that are supporting us here today, our best performers so far are the banks" CMC Markets chief market analyst Michael McCarthy said. "It looks like they'll be the leaders in the market again today." ...

Shares stronger at noon

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... $500 million stake in it. IAG was up 20 cents, or 3.6 per cent, to $5.77, and Suncorp had improved 23 cents to $13.62. The banks were higher after a slow start, with Commonwealth Bank adding 50 cents to $82.39, ANZ gaining 32 cents to $32.17, National ...

Greece in crisis (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... February. Here are the blow-by-blows from The Telegraph four months ago. "The 'sword of Damocles' is hanging over Greece's banks and the impasse with its creditors could now bring it down for good" - 17 Feb "Greece defiant as Germany tears up last-ditch ...

SMSF allocation to Aussie equities hits year-low

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... the same time, holdings in international shares were up 1.9% to 14.4%, compared to the previous quarter. While the major banks and Telstra remain top of the list for investment, the representation of top 10 stocks in SMSF portfolios has reduced from ...