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Round two of Stronger Super revealed

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
Superannuation industry bodies have until January 13 to make submissions on the second tranche of the government's Stronger Super legislation, unveiled late yesterday. The latest exposure draft follows the introduction of the first part of the Superannuation ...

AUI winds up High Yield Mortgage Trust

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2011
Australian Unity Investments has begun winding up its High Yield Mortgage Trust following poorer than expected returns to investors in the current investment climate. Investors have already been reimbursed by 48 % of the fund's capital, with the remaining ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
Australian shares slipped after disappointing employment data added to an already negative trend as doubts linger over the outcome of a crucial eurozone debt crisis summit. Australia's unemployment rate rose to 5.3 per cent in November as the number ...

Christmas deadline for FOFA clarity: ANZ

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
ANZ Wealth has warned that Christmas is the "absolute drop dead date" for clarity on FOFA reforms before implementation costs double. Paul Barrett, ANZ general manager advice and distribution, told reporters in Sydney yesterday that time is ticking ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011
Australian shares are set to rise as Wall Street bounces back from losses caused by Standard & Poor's threat to downgrade the credit ratings of most eurozone members. At 08010 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was up ...

Managed accounts get FOFA boost

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
Managed Discretionary Accounts are reaping some benefits from the introduction of FOFA as advisers turn to new investment vehicles, recording $150 million of inflows during the five months to November 30 for IAS. Investment Administration Services (IAS) ...

RBA right to cut rates and correct to hold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
Decisions, decisions. Today's the first Tuesday of the month so it must be "what to do with interest rates" decision time for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The punting is finely balanced with, according to Bloomberg's polling, 13 out of 25 economists ...

She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
No doubt financial markets are still basking in the afterglow of last week's equity rally - which for many had been the best in more than three years. The S&P 500 index ended the week up 7.4% with the All Ords not that far behind as it posted a 7.1% ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
Australian shares are set to for a relatively flat start to the week after little movement on Wall Street on Friday and as the world waits for action from European leaders. At 0749 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was ...

Tell someone who cares

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... October's 50.4. This was below expectations for a 50 reading. The HSBC China PMI gauge was worse. It dropped to 47.7 in November - a 32-month low - from the previous month's reading of 51. Similarly but not surprisingly, the Eurozone's PMI fell further ...