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New masters of universe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
Looks like Halloween has come early to Wall Street. Equity indices fell -- big time -- on 'The Street' right at the stroke of October. The Dow's down 1.4% (with Transport down 2.5%); the S&P 500 fell 1.3%; the Nasdaq's off 1.6% and the Russell 2000's ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to again open lower after Wall Street lost more than one per cent following mixed US economic data. At 0815 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 35 points at 5,287. Locally, in economic ...

RBA should take action on negative gearing: AUI

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
The Reserve Bank of Australia should take action to address the current distortions over investment housing and negative gearing, Australian Unity Investments (AUI) chief executive David Bryant said. Bryant argued that addressing the issues around negative ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following solid gains on Wall Street as a strong housing report helped equities regain ground. At 0810 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up 23 points at 5,402. Locally ...

Whitehelm appointed to advise $2 billion Land Account

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
Global infrastructure investment manager Whitehelm Capital has been appointed as investment adviser for the $2 billion Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Account. Operating under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005, the Land Account ...

Treasury proposes tax relief for merging super funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
The government finally looks set to provide capital gains taxation relief for merging super funds after years of pressure from the superannuation industry. This week Treasury has released a consultation paper recommending concrete amendments to the ...

HESTA CEO calls for carbon pricing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
HESTA chief executive Anne-Marie Corboy has called on governments to introduce carbon pricing in an effort to push more money into low-carbon investments. Speaking at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York yesterday, Corboy said HESTA was willing ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher following solid gains on Wall Street as a strong housing report helped equities regain ground. At 0810 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up 23 points at 5,402. Locally ...

Super funds launch mental-illness claims benchmark

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
Industry fund-sponsored organisation SuperFriend has today released detailed quantitative research on mental illness-related claims through group insurance, a project it has called the Super Mental Illness National Data (SuperMIND) Project. The research ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street endured its third straight day of losses. At 0807 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 33 points at 5,373. Locally, in economic news on Wednesday ...