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Three arrows hitting the spot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... hit the bulleye. Arrow number two is "Abenomics" - or huge government spending. PM Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) plans to spend over US$2.4 trillion worth of public works stimulus (equivalent to about 40% of GDP) over the next 10 years. The third ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... of June 2016 Treasury Bonds. In companies news, Hills Holdings holds a shareholder meeting on the company's restructure plans. Meanwhile, Lynas Corp and Santos are due to release their quarterly production reports. On Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Deferred annuity tax reforms safeguard retirees

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... manner deferred annuities are treated by the Australian Tax Office, compared with other retirement income streams. Under the plans, DLAs will have the same concessional tax treatment that superannuation assets supporting income streams receive from 1 ...

IFM consortium wins Port Botany lease

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... chief executive Pauline Vamos said. Michael Hanna, head of infrastructure - Australia at IFM hinted at future development plans for the ports. "We will continue to operate the two ports according to international best practice standards and ensure they ...

Fool's gold?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... Cyprus "had committed to selling around 400 million euros ($523 million) of "excess" gold reserves". Not a big deal. It plans to sell about 10.4 metric tonnes of the Cypriot central bank's total hoard of 13.9 metric tonnes of the metal. That's' just ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... from this as well." In the resources sector at 1019 AEST, Woodside Petroleum was 99 cents higher at $36.27 after it dumped plans for its controversial $45 billion liquefied natural gas project at James Price Point in Western Australia. Woodside will ...

Super council won't prevent Labor tax raids

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... superannuation then pretends to set up a process to prevent further tinkering!" the statement said. He called the new super plans "confused and chaotic tax hikes" and said that the measures brought the Labor raids on superannuation tally to 10, at a ...

Super will improve under Labor: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
The Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten indicated that Labor plans to "improve" super at the sixth Super Roundtable held yesterday as part of the Gillard Government's reform agenda. Shorten hosted the roundtable that brought ...

CFS FirstWrap enhances corporate actions feature

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... the top spot in Investment Trends' platform rankings. CFS aims to build on its recent success in the platform arena with plans to bring additional functionality features in the future. "There's an upgrade coming that'll help advisers deal with some aspects ...

ASMA dismayed by proposed super hikes

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... the door on "excessively generous" superannuation tax breaks for the wealthy. Director of ASMA Anna Carrabs says that the plans, which reports suggest would hit those earning more than $300,000, could have a profound effect on SMSF investors' confidence ...