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Early release super approvals increasing

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... superannuation were given approval in the first 10 months of the 2014-15 financial year, according to data from the Department of Human Services. As of April more than 16,000 early release applications had been received this financial year. Medical treatment ...

Greece's bundle of debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... Ashoka Mody -- a former IMF bail-out chief in Europe - 'The Telegraph' writes: "Syriza should recruit the IMF's research department to be their spokesman because they are saying almost exactly the same thing. The entire strategy of the creditors is wrong ...

PROFILE: IOOF managing director Chris Kelaher

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
IOOF managing director Chris Kelaher's trajectory has awarded him the labels of serial acquirer and M&A veteran. He has been behind the takeover of 30 companies in the last decade alone. But Kelaher's career in financial services started far away from ...

New SIV rules target smaller companies boost

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... qualify for a visa," Robb said. The visa changes reflect months of consultation and it is expected Austrade and the Department of Immigration and Border Protection will continue to consult with stakeholders to explain the investment framework ahead of ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... was slightly higher, adding 2.55 points to 4,378.31 US traders were left disappointed Wednesday after the Commerce Department said retail sales, a key part of consumer spending that drives most of the US economy, stagnated in April after rising 1.1 per ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... and food services sales totalled $US436.8 billion in April, essentially unchanged from March, according to Commerce Department data. Macy's, one of the first prominent retailers to report earnings, fell 2.5 per cent after announcing first-quarter results ...

ASIC budget cuts revealed

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... $3.19 billion in 2018-19, budget figures show. The government revealed it will provide $11.6 million in 2015-16 to the Department of Finance to undertake a competitive tender process to market test the capacity of a private provider to upgrade and operate ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... Ordinaries index was down 9.4 points, or 0.17 per cent, at 5,635 NEW YORK - Wall Street have stocks surged after the Labor Department reported the US economy added a solid 223,000 jobs in April and unemployment fell to a seven-year low of 5.4 per cent. ...

Hockey launches Serious Financial Crime Taskforce

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... bodies: the Australian Taxation Office, Australian Crime Commission, Australian Federal Police, Attorney-General's Department, Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Commonwealth Director ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital, characterised the gains as "momentum buying" after the Commerce Department said new orders for manufactured goods rose 2.1 per cent in March, after seven straight months of declines. US stocks traded ...