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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... sell its first budget, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases its labour price index for the March quarter. Treasurer Wayne Swan delivers the traditional post-Budget address at the National Press Club in Canberra. In equities, building products ...

Health insurance lobby lessons

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... for are the up to two million people who've been hit by this unfair surcharge over a long period of time," said Treasurer Wayne Swan on Saturday. "I don't think that the industry can keep demanding increase after increase and not look at their own cost ...

AUD to fall in second half of 2008: KBC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
... slow in the second half of the year, while inflationary pressure will also ease." While this is good news for Field Marshal Wayne Swan leading his troops against the inflation invasionary hordes, the bad news is the price the country will pay to get ...

Silk and Vilgan join govt council

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
Treasurer Wayne Swan has boosted the superannuation industry's representation on the Financial Sector Advisory Council (FSAC) by appointing AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk and QSuper chief executive Rosemary Vilgan to the group. The group is ...

Don't strangle sovereign funds: OECD

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... including sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), and the role they play in advancing domestic economic growth. In February, treasurer Wayne Swan released a set of guidelines to ensure future foreign investment projects were in line with Australia's national ...

No to double SG demerits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... would be hit by the charge and so they ended up paying it twice, so it sounds like a good measure," said Denham. Treasurer Wayne Swan said the ruling might raise compliance costs slightly for employers.

Asgard automates data feeds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2008
... require the end users to physically download it themselves." Ho said Asgard aimed to provide the standards to Coin and Xplan. Wayne Wilson, Asgard general manager of distribution, said the AdviserNETgain platform already updated client information into ...

Fed govt tightens foreign investment rules

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... because it can make an important contribution to national prosperity and the development of our industries and resources," Wayne Swan, treasurer of the Australian government, said. "The purpose of Australia's foreign investment screening regime is to ...

Genus Cap appoints RBC Dexia

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
... leadership team concluded that RBC Dexia was the provider best-equipped to help meet our long-term business objectives," said Wayne Wachell, chief executive and chief investment officer of Genus Capital Management. Wachell claims that RBC Dexia will ...

Tax reforms boost capacity, not inflationary

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
Treasurer Wayne Swan presented his tax reform Bill to parliament this week saying it will boost economic capacity and not be inflationary. "They are also a down payment on a more internationally competitive tax system that will enhance the economy's ...