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Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... Australian Bureau of Statistics will release its labour force data for May. The Australian Industry Group-Housing Industry Association Australian Performance of Construction Index (PCI) for May is due, while the Tasmanian and South Australian governments ...

Lower foreign withholding tax will boost Australia: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... to move their operations overseas, said Richard Gilbert, chief executive of the Investment and Financial services Association (IFSA). "We are getting feedback from our foreign investors that it is not a good move [to have such a high withholding tax] ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... Bureau or Statistics' national accounts for March quarter are due. The Australian Industry Group-Housing Industry Association Australian Performance of Construction Index (PCI) for May will be released today. In other news, Communications Minister Senator ...

Lander and de Pourbaix take out BlackRock CIMA Scholarship

... Information Marketing Symposium, the award provides a $5000 scholarship to take up the Investment Management Consultants Association's (IMCA) Certified Investment Management Analyst Program (CIMA). de Pourbaix's win continues a CIMA tradition, as last ...

Planners should not face criminal charges: FPA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is arguing for the removal of criminal sanctions for advisers who fail to provide disclosure to clients, claiming the current regime is "excessive, unjust and contributes to fear and uncertainty". In a submission ...

Private equity good for returns, not diversity: Watson Wyatt

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
... consultant at Watson Wyatt Australia, Graeme Miller. According to the Australian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (AVCAL) 2006 Yearbook, the Australian private equity industry has $22.4 billion invested, with $4.1 billion raised by private ...

Taxes should not target PE: BVCA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
The British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) has told Bloomberg they reject calls that additional taxation be imposed on its members just because they are private investors who use leverage. The rebuff follows reports that the British Trades Union ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2007
... Futures Exchange, the June share price index was down seven points at 6265. In local finance news, the Housing Industry Association will today release new home sales data for April. In equities, insurance firm Tower Australia Group Ltd will release its ...

FPA appoints policy head

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has appointed a new general manager policy and government relations. Former Secretary General of the Institutional Money Market Funds Association (IMMFA) in the UK, Gerard (Ged) Fitzpatrick, joins the FPA in ...

Retirement banking comes of age

... two separate realms," said ING Australia's chief executive Paul Bedbrook. The Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association (CPSA) of NSW welcomed the initiative. "It certainly would make access to retirement funds easier and that's a good thing. ...