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Market Wrap AM

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following a mixed result on Wall Street where the Dow reached another record high but the Nasdaq fell. At 0808 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was down 18 points at 5,408 ...

PROFILE: Folkestone MD Greg Paramor

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... management business later on when he and fellow colleague Dick Lester made the bold decision to put their houses on the block and set their own commercial real estate company. Growth Equities Mutual (GEM) was founded in 1981 and, as it turns out, the ...

FoFA legislative changes pass in the House of Reps

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... Palmer was not present in the House of Reps and did not intervene in the debate, even though his Senators' votes were key to block a Labor motion to disallow FoFA changes in the Senate. Liberal MP Andrew Laming said that the Coalition was not in the ...

Zurich extends daily data feeds offer

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... through their channels of choice; access to data which is accurate, comprehensive and up to date is an essential building block for advisers wanting to meet the needs of their clients," Gara said.

Senate saves the LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
The low income superannuation contribution (LISC) scheme has been saved after the Senate blocked the repeal of measures related to the mining tax. The LISC, which was a spending measure associated with the Minerals Resource Rent Tax, was saved after ...

Liquidnet increases access to India equity trading

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... quarterly results in Asia Pacific, which showed the company benefitting from strong demand across the region for safe access to block trading among large institutions. Principal traded climbed to a record US$6 billion, marking a 4% increase on the previous ...

Intra-fund advice exemptions in doubt

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
Industry super funds could face stricter rules around block charging members for financial advice if the Senate blocks the amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has said. Singling out exemptions ...

Palmer to oppose abolition of LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
Clive Palmer has announced his party will block legislation to abolish the low income superannuation contribution (LISC). Addressing the National Press Club today, Palmer said: "Palmer United supports the abolition of the mining tax, but cannot support ...

Future of LISC in Palmer's hands

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... prominent figures in the superannuation industry have called on the Palmer United Party to use its influence in the Senate to block the scrapping of the low income superannuation contribution (LISC) scheme. The letter, organised by Women in Super and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher after solid gains on Wall Street with the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaching a fresh high. At 0803 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract was up 10 points at 5,390. The Dow ...