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Excel online or perish: KPMG

... opportunity is for a master trust or an industry fund to differentiate itself from its peers by providing real-time capabilities above this 37 per cent average. But besides real-time processing, he said the problem is not so much on providing information ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2006
... ahead of key inflation data on Wednesday. NEW YORK - US blue-chip stocks ended little changed as crude oil prices climbed above $US75 a barrel, increasing concerns about higher energy costs and offsetting optimism about strong quarterly earnings. The ...

Corp governance now a mainstream business imperative

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2006
... findings from the study were that corporate governance is now a global issue not restricted to just developed economies. Above all, the report said, investors want better company board structures, aligned executive pay, improved disclosure and bottom-line ...

Daily economic update

Oil pushed above US$70 a barrel and continues to hover around this level as geopolitical concerns remain very high in Iran and Nigeria. Concerns over global supply shortage have also increased following reports that the Chinese economy surged by 10.2 ...

Call for personal tax cuts to plug company tax loophole

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2006
... "It's certainly a concern. Australia has a relatively high tax rate, at the upper end of the spectrum, and it is also well above company tax rates which encourages high income earners to incorporate their income into company income." "Back in the 1980s ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2006
... 2314.68. LONDON - British shares fell as miners and retailers dipped, but the FTSE recovered from one-week lows to close above 6,000 points for an eighth consecutive day. The FTSE 100 closed down 15.7 points at 6000.8. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2006
... semiconductor shares such as Applied Materials on concerns about slower corporate technology spending. Oil struck a seven-month high above $US69 a barrel and some analysts said crude prices could climb as high as $US100 a barrel. The Dow Jones industrial ...

Fin literacy won't happen overnight, but it will happen: Clitheroe

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2006
... literacy is a 20 year project. Being a long term project, he said, it starts in the home, should be taught in schools and, above all, needs to be demonstrated through appropriate role models. Addressing the CMSF conference on the Gold Coast yesterday ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2006
... week. PARIS - The CAC-40 index closed at 5174.96, down 47.4 points, losing 45.89 on the week. TOKYO - The Nikkei closed above 17,500 for the first time since July 2000 as technology stocks rose on earnings hopes and metal stocks gained on high commodity ...

Daily economic update

... forthcoming. While the ECB president emphasized that risks to inflation will be closely monitored and inflation is likely to remain above target, he noted that the central bank will do what it sees as appropriate. Expectations for a rate hike in May ...