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Greece chooses pain to pain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... chicken captain - but he may have just pulled out the Eurozone from a near death experience... for now at least. Phew! What relief. Gauging from the currency markets' reaction - euro up against the US dollar and Australian dollar back above parity - ...

CGT relief paves way for super mergers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
Merging superannuation funds will receive capital gains tax relief in the upcoming Budget, opening the way for the finalisation of a raft of proposed mergers, particularly in the not-for-profit superannuation space. Minister for Financial Services and ...

BTFG reduces processing time with phone service

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... In 2010 BTFG launched a Tele-claims service for its income protection customers. "We wanted to be able to offer the same relief and quality service, to customers in the difficult situation of having to make a trauma claim, as we were able to make to ...

AusSuper public sector division results from merger

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... to their members of extending these to all members of the merged fund" said Bowtell. Both funds are awaiting government relief from realising capital gains and losses when assets transfer from AGEST to AustralianSuper for merger approval. AGEST has more ...

Calls for CGT merger relief

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
Lack of clarity around the Government's intention for providing capital gains taxation relief for superannuation mergers is damaging members and limiting MySuper outcomes, according to AustralianSuper and ASFA. With the rising trend of super fund mergers ...

Details still needed on opt-in: ANZ Wealth

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... Sydney yesterday. "If ASIC has a view that meeting a professional code of conduct should include some form of opt-in, what relief from opt-in is there really? That's the level of detail we need to see before we pass our final views on this." Barrett ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... market analyst Ric Spooner said the Australian market was higher but not up significantly. He said there appeared to be some relief that international markets had not reacted more negatively to China's weaker-than-expected February trade data. "As far ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... target. BRUSSELS - A dozen banks, insurers and investment funds holding Greece's bonds will participate in a massive debt relief plan for the country, the group representing the private creditors said as the deadline for the deal draws near. AMSTERDAM ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
The Australian market looks set to open flat as relief at a massive Greek debt bailout gives way to growing scepticism the deal can really work. At 0800 AEDT on Thursday, the March share price index futures contract was down 12 points at 4,261. In economic ...

Market provides opportunities for absolute return investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012
... outcomes needed to fund their members' retirements, the current market demands new strategies to constrain risk. "People have relief on equity investing to take the risk in their portfolios but equity investing comes with a lot of volatility," said Millar. ...