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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... June. In companies news, Qantas Airways Ltd chief executive Alan Joyce was due to address the National Press Club in Canberra at lunchtime. On Tuesday, Australian shares held on to early gains to put in their best performance in about a week. The benchmark ...

Russell heads back to Canberra

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
Former Keating adviser and current State Super Trustee chair Don Russell is heading back to Canberra to run a commonwealth government department. Russell is also chair of the LUCRF industry fund investment committee and was formerly BNY Mellon Asset ...

Industry funds, independent platforms stand up for FOFA reforms

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... people for 10 years and still charge for advice?" she said. McKeage said major banks and platforms had worn a path down to Canberra to get their views heard and that consumers had been lost. "For really good financial planners, FOFA is a non-event," ...

Super funds win merger tax relief

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... possibly more including those moving by accident as part of parent companies involved in mergers. Vamos, who has lobbied Canberra for capital gains tax relief, said the decision took pressure off funds that are merging. "The amount of merging taking ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... report, and Ark Mines Ltd and Resource Development Group Ltd are due to list on the Australian Securities Exchange. In Canberra, the Senate Economics Committee reports its findings on competition in the Australian banking sector. On Thursday, the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... report, and Ark Mines Ltd and Resource Development Group Ltd are due to list on the Australian Securities Exchange. In Canberra, the Senate Economics Committee reports its findings on competition in the Australian banking sector. On Thursday, the Australian ...

ASFA wants action on tax relief

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia is heading to Canberra to lobby the Federal Government over capital gains tax relief, association chief Pauline Vamos told a packed Sydney luncheon yesterday. The organisation wants continued tax ...

Swan officially rejects ASX deal but is open to offers

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... Limited (ASX) and Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) but has insisted that he is open to offers. At a press conference in Canberra this morning, Swan told journalists that the proposed merger was not in the national interests of Australia and was more ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... Bank of Australia governor Glenn Stevens appears before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, in Canberra. The Australian Office of Financial Management conducts a tender process for the issue of $700 million of October 2014 bonds. ...

Aust Unity sets its sights on instos

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... lagging behind due to higher existing supply levels, among other factors, sentiment remains positive for the market. Canberra is expected to be the weakest performer over the near term. Australian Unity Investments specialises in unlisted property funds ...