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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... suffered hefty losses as the partial government shutdown dragged through a third day and worries climbed that the budget battle could escalate into a debt default. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 136.66 points (0.90 per cent) to 14,996.48. The ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... late on Friday in New York. HONG KONG - Asian markets slumped as the US government edged towards a shutdown over a budget battle. The face-off in Washington also sent the US dollar lower, while the euro suffered selling pressure from a crisis in Italy ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index edged up 2.97 (0.08 per cent) to 3,768.25. Investors are anxious amid a fierce bipartisan battle in Congress over funding the government for the fiscal year that begins on October 1. Failure to approve funding could force ...

BUSSQ members happiest in Australia

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
Industry fund BUSSQ is doing a better job of keeping its members satisfied than any other Australian super fund, according to research by Investment Trends. Investment Trends 2013 Member Sentiment & Communications Report found that 83% of BUSSQ members ...

Macquarie loses court battle with ATO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
Macquarie Group has lost its Federal Court battle with the Australian Tax Office (ATO) over a tax dispute relating to Macquarie's offshore banking unit (OBU) income allocation. Macquarie had been seeking to prevent the ATO from conducting a retrospective ...

EQT takes the hit on the battle for Trust

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
Equity Trustees (EQT) has taken a hit during its acquisition battle for The Trust Company, while other contender, Perpetual, has reported strong results.. EQT's full year results reveal that the costs of the proposal for the acquisition of The Trust ...

Problems, problems, problems

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... stage, there's also one that's about to erupt (again) between the Democrats and the Republicans as they engage in oratory battle over the US debt ceiling. US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew brought this to the fore last night when he appealed to Congress ...

Reporting season reveals insurance black spots

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... regulator also warned of changes ahead particularly in the group market where concerns are growing that a post-GFC market share battle has seen premiums fall too low. In-coming AMP chief executive Craig Meller told the ABC's Inside Business program that ...

Direct investment option key to retain fund members

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013
... SMSF would likely use a DIO option if available," CoreData head of Advice, Wealth and Super, Salvador Saiz, said. "In the battle to combat the leakage to SMSFs, the study does indicate that DIOs could be key, with more than half of those likely to establish ...

Investment income fuels life insurance sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... however, warn of changes ahead particularly in the group market where concerns are growing that a post-GFC market share battle has seen premiums fall too low. For example, while June 2013 quarterly net profit after tax for risk products was $27 million ...