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Wealth management sector key to Australian growth: Deloitte

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
The wealth management sector is among the list of top five most important industries to lift Australia's growth trajectory over the next 20 years, according to new research from professional services firm Deloitte. Along with gas, agribusiness, international ...

Asteron Life wins Super Rugby naming rights

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
Asteron Life has partnered with the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) in signing a three-year naming rights sponsorship of the Super Rugby series, which will be known as the 'Asteron Life Super Rugby Tournament' in Australia. Asteron Life executive general ...

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 ...

Think Holden, think not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
OMG! They killed Kenny...errr, Holden. Australia would be watching Holden's tail lights as it drives its car-making business out of Australia in 2017, Holden managing director Mike Devereux announced yesterday. This is because, like a spoiled brat ...

Cap scrap leaves tax abuses unanswered

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... overseas and interstate travel where the taxpayer attaches leisure to his or her attendance at a relevant conference, study tour, and so on." "The tax tribunals have been generous when it comes to apportioning expenditure on air travel between the deductible ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat following falls on Wall Street and most European bourses after eurozone employment figures failed to impress. At 0824 AEDT on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was up three points at ...

Taper to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013

Problems, problems, problems

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... will come with no attached austerity pre-conditions. Yeah right!A Let's see you sell that to Frau Merkel. To round out our tour of troubles, there's also one that could potentially be troublesome happening in Japan. The Japanese government has begun ...

Will Australia escape an EM bond crisis?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
The high-yield emerging market (EM) bond market may be a bubble waiting to burst, but Australian bonds can escape this fate, according Fred Goodwin, macro strategist at State Street Global Markets. Since 2008, the high yields offered by EM bonds have ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
Australian stocks have opened flat, with market players sitting on the sidelines ahead of an interest rate decision from the central bank. Market players looked past a positive lead from Wall Street, where US stocks rallied strongly and commodities ...