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Deutsche Bank dismisses mining fears

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
... the June quarter showing flat earnings year-on-year for the first time in two years. "That improvement has come against a pretty soft backdrop. China's looked like its slowing, Europe has only started strengthening and in Australia we had a big hit to ...

Mercer gives taster of MySuper product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... Standard Mercer had applied for its MySuper licence, and expects to have it "well within the year." He said the SmartPath was "pretty much developed from an investment perspective." "I personally believe that it's the most innovative and relevant lifecycle ...

AAP hits adviser milestone ahead of buyout

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... Professional Investment Services (PIS). "I am not aware that we have lost significant practices since June, the situation is pretty stable now," he said. Centrepoint-owned PIS has experienced a fall of adviser numbers and has gone from 1,257 advisers ...

Global uncertainty provides opportunities in retail property

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... existing clients to allow the fund manager to take advantage of the opportunities it has found. "The retail sector has been pretty robust throughout the meltdown in the global economy. The stocks I've mentioned represent the best quality assets in the ...

Abbott's PPL scheme to hit Australia's charities

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... taxation to Australia; something which he said was removed by former Prime Minister Paul Keating in 1987. "That to me is a pretty amazing policy development which reintroduces double taxation in Australia and impacts on every investor and every superannuant ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... compared with the same time in 2012. "The star of the show today has been Rio, which put out, what on the surface was, a pretty disappointing profit result. But when you analyse it a bit more, it wasn't too bad," Mr Heffernan said. Rival BHP Billiton ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... Commsec market analyst Steven Daghlian said the market had opened slightly in the red, following recent gains. "We've had a pretty good run, we've made gains in eight of the previous 10 sessions," he said. Mr Daghlian said a key event on Monday would ...

Taxes, levies and fees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013

SMSFs lose majority of cases against ATO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... involving excess contributions tax (ECT) and non-compliance - the ATO won 28 of them and the taxpayer won just four. "It's pretty clear that the weight is very much in the commissioner's hand, and there are a couple of reasons for that," Hughes said. ...

The game markets play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... when the S&P 500 dropped by nearly 6% between 21 May -- the all-time record high back then -- and 24 June, everything's pretty much the same. So much so that if you slept from 22 May and only woke up last week, you'll hardly notice any difference. Well...you ...