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AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street markets as investors shrugged off a report showing poor industrial output in January as mainly weather-related. At 0747 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures ...

Sunsuper acquires holiday park chain

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
Queensland-based industry fund Sunsuper has acquired a 98% stake in nationwide holiday park chain Discovery Holiday Parks. Under the arrangement, the $26 billion super fund, which already held shares in the company, acquired a "significant majority ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat despite gains on international markets after Iran struck a landmark deal on its nuclear program that will see sanctions eased on the key oil exporter. The accord reached over the weekend in Geneva sent crude ...

QIC wins AustralianSuper US property mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
AustralianSuper has appointed direct property fund manager QIC to manage its US retail property investments. As of June 2013, AustralianSuper already had $1.1 billion in pooled investments with the Australian investment manager, which specialises in ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013
Australian shares are weaker as Wall Street volatility hits all local sectors. The miners are suffering the heaviest falls as gold and oil prices fell, Australian Stock Report senior equity analyst Benny Sada says. "The miners have taken a bigger hit ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
Australian stocks have started the session lower following a weak lead from global markets. Rivkin global analyst Tim Radford said the local market was taking its lead from the Wall Street and was stuck in a trading range with investors taking a break. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following Wall Street's downward lead after a top Federal Reserve official warned the bank's stimulus measures couldn't continue forever. At 0910 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
Australian shares look set to open lower following falls on Wall Street where Twitter made its market debut. At 0857 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was down 30 points at 5,399. Wall Street's falls came after data surprisingly ...

Cap scrap leaves tax abuses unanswered

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
The financial services industry has welcomed the removal of the self-education expense deductions, but the measure leaves concerns about taxpayers' abuse of the system unanswered. The Labor government introduced a cap of $2,000 on tax deductibility ...

Shorten gives Ripoll shadow superannuation portfolio

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
Opposition leader Bill Shorten has appointed Bernie Ripoll Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation. The appointment sees the portfolio returned to a shadow ministerial level after Kevin Rudd put it under the umbrella of Treasury. This ...