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Government announces key super reforms

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... concessional tax treatment that superannuation assets receive. Measures have been taken to recover lost superannuation accounts and from July 1, 2013, accounts of uncontactable members with up to $2,000 will be transferred to the Australian Taxation ...

BOJ brings out big bazooka

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... export market (according to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade), next to China. According to DFAT data, Japan accounts for 17% of Australia's total exports as at the end of 2011, second only to China which buys 25% of our goods and services ...

Super will improve under Labor: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... workers who earn less than $37,000. "In complete contrast, Tony Abbott has promised to cut up to $500 a year from the super accounts of the 30% of Australian workers earning $37,000 and under," Shorten said. Several industry personalities attended the ...

Market Wrap PM

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
... portfolios over the remaining three months of the 2012/13 financial year. The arrival of dividend payments in many investors' accounts would also support buying on the stock market. "Nine times out of 10 that will find its way into the market as long ...

MDA guidance review will bring coherence and consistency

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... and fund managers welcome the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) review of Managed Discretionary Accounts (MDA) guidance as it will bring coherence and consistency to an under-regulated sector. "The review is a good thing because ...

Cypriot banks to re-open sans banking

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... Cyprus. No sending of money overseas. But hey wait...Cyprus isn't restricting everything. You can still open new bank accounts and/or make as much deposit as you want. Duh! But have no fear, "these measures will be reviewed on a daily basis, so if there ...

South Africa leads foreign investment in the continent

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... 2012. Investment from BRICS into other countries has also climbed from $7 billion in 2000 to $126 billion in 2012 and it accounts now for 9% of the world flows. On the other hand, foreign investment from BRICS into Africa represented 25% of Africa's ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2013
... banks to secure the 10 billion euro bailout. The bailout allows for most of the funds to be raised by forcing losses on accounts of more than 100,000 euros in Laiki and Bank of Cyprus, with the rest coming from tax increases and privatisations. On the ...

Falling BRICs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... and withdrawals in India are the biggest in more than two years. Chinese investors emptied more than 2 million stock accounts in the past 12 months. Disappointing profits, state intervention and persistent losses on their equity portfolios are being ...

Corporate governance still needs to improve in Asian markets

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... but companies often are not very good or very fast at reporting annual and internal results," Allen said. "Integrity of accounts is always an issue and clearly with the blue chip companies you can trust them if they have a decent auditor, but auditor ...