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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open higher after US stocks and metals prices gained overnight. At 0724 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 28 points higher at 4460. In economic news on Friday ...

CGT roll-over relief for super mergers

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2009
... executive director wealth management, ING Australia, said that plans by the Minister to introduce legislation to Federal Parliament providing Capital Gains Tax roll-over relief on superannuation fund mergers will facilitate greater efficiency in the ...

Increasing SG will cost 57,000 jobs: ACCI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2006
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has finally broken its silence regarding all the proposals to increase SG above 9 per cent, saying it will cost tens of thousands of jobs. The ACCI has, however, come out fighting now. "Reckless ...

PSS and CSS boards to merge

... over 298,000 Australian government employees. Legislation to enable the board merger has been introduced into Federal Parliament this week.

New bill draws guarded support from KPMG

... consultant KPMG has predicted. KPMG welcomed the introduction of the Superannuation Safety Amendment Bill 2003 into Federal Parliament this week. It said the proposed legislation would require the vast majority of superannuation trustees to seek licenses ...

ASIC annual report highlights record enforcement action

... Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has reiterated its role in its 2002-03 annual report tabled in Federal Parliament this week, stressing that enforcement is integral to its regulatory function. In the report, ASIC chairman David Knott said ...

ASIC made record enforcements in 2003-4: report

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2003
... insider trading. This made a total of 73 jail terms served over the past three years, the report, tabled in federal parliament today, said. ASIC also took 67 civil proceedings, resulting in orders against 151 people or companies, $121 million in recoveries ...

New super legislation good news for future: AMP

... arguing that positive action was required by government to address this shortfall. The new legislation, passed in Federal Parliament this week, means people earning up to $40,000 per annum who make voluntary contributions to their super (and are unable ...

Australia looks for free trade deal with US; Thailand deal announced

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2003
... President George W Bush will commit to a free trade agreement between America and Australia when he addresses federal parliament on Thursday. "We will be looking to President Bush to signal that the final stages of the agreement negotiations should not ...

Sen Sherry reiterates ALP's commitments to super policy issues

... party's policies on the pertinent and timely issues of superannuation that is often taking centre stage in the federal parliament.