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Lower foreign withholding tax will boost Australia: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
Advocates campaigning for why Australia should lower the foreign investor withholding tax have for the first time started explaining how the improved tax rate would boost our local investment industry and help Australia develop its ability to compete ...

US pension funds no longer the big boys

... in total assets followed by Norway's Government Pension with around a quarter that amount at US$235 billion and then Netherland's ABP with US$226 billion. The largest US pension fund, the California Public Employees' Retirement System (Calpers), came ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after US stocks were boosted by merger and acquisition activity. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0836 AEDT, the June share price index contract was up 30 points to 5,941. The speculation fuelling ...

Overseas direct property grows four-fold

Australian property investors spent over four times as much in overseas direct property investments last year, with growing interest in Western Europe, according to Jones Lang LaSalle. According to their recent report, local investors poured $6.7 billion ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on a positive lead from Wall Street and stronger base metal prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0735 AEDT, the March share price index contract was trading up 42 points at 5,784. On the corporate ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open little changed today with a flat lead from Wall Street and little news on the domestic front. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0738 AEST, the September share price index contract rose two points to 5,092. ...

New head of Rabobank joins Aust-NZ board

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2006
The new chairman of Rabobank's international operations has been appointed to the board of directors for the bank's Australian and New Zealand business. Hans ten Cate has been appointed to the boards of two of Rabobank's major Australasian operating ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2005
The Australian share market is likely to open firmer as a solid performance from European stock markets on Friday, coupled with the US market treading water and a continuation of the domestic earnings season, combine to drive the local bourse higher. ...

Global property opportunities for BT

BT Financial Group has tapped into the $500 billion global property marketing expanding its global property funds to invest in developing European and Asian property markets. BT's strategic alliance partner AEW Capital Management manages BT's North ...

Super funds need to look offshore for private equity

Superannuation funds are expected to invest more in offshore private equity over the next two to five years as the industry matures and local opportunities shrink. The percentage of private equity investments by superannuation funds is expected to stay ...