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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... at 7,033.33 points, as investors also tracked the state opening of parliament and the legislative programme for Prime Minister David Cameron's newly-elected British government. In Frankfurt, the DAX 30 climbed 1.26 per cent to 11,771.13 points, while ...

Shadow Treasurer will go to election over super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... That is in just four years. This is a challenge for budget sustainability that must be met right now." Bowen said Prime Minister Tony Abbott promised not to touch superannuation but already had by freezing the superannuation guarantee at 9.5%. The announcements ...

Super concessions key to tax review

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... changes to super in this term of parliament and we have no plans to make adverse changes to super in the future," Prime Minister Tony Abbott said shortly after the budget was released. Government sources told Fairfax that Abbott is not planning to make ...

Budget for uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... reveal of Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey's second Budget (or is it Social Services Minister Scott Morrison's first?). Prime Minister Tony Abbot "promised" that this one would be a "pretty dull and pretty routine" budget. Then again, with Tony Abbott, we ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... cent and Goldman Sachs added 1.6 per cent. LONDON - London's stock market have rallied and the pound surged as Prime Minister David Cameron's "business-friendly" Conservatives scored a surprise victory in Britain's general election. Most other European ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... since a crippling economic crisis. British voters went to the polls Thursday to decide between the main rivals, Prime Minister David Cameron's centre-right Conservatives and Ed Miliband's centre-left Labour. "Judging from recent opinion polls, today's ...

CSRI identifies super flaws

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... to review the entire retirement income system and will be chaired by former Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Dr Michael Keating. It aims to examine Australia's retirement income model from an independent, bipartisan persp ...

Modi under the spotlight

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
When India Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Australia in November 2014, he sparked such enthusiasm among politicians and citizens that for a few days all we could see in the media was his friendly, bearded smile. Indian citizens in Australia were ...

Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... time. The yen has depreciated sharply from around the mid-A¥70's to a greenback in 2011/12 to A¥100 following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's victory at the 16 December 2012 elections (and the birth of 'Abenomics' and the 'three arrows'). The BOJ's decision ...

No changes to neg gearing, super in Budget

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Just three weeks out from the Abbott government's second budget, the Prime Minister and Assistant Treasurer have said there will be no changes to tax policy regarding negative gearing or superannuation. On speculation that the government might act to ...