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Energy field nationalism to impact investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
As investors try to exploit the commodities boom in emerging economies, governments of these economies are staking their own ownership claims by nationalising parts of their resources industries. The Australian Government Export Finance Investment Corporation ...

ATO to create single lost super gateway

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is to create a single and simplified gateway for people looking to find their lost or unclaimed superannuation. The ATO will do this by rationalising its existing processes to identify actual lost members, obtain ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on a positive lead from Wall Street and higher commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0801 AEDT, the December share price index contract had gained 40 points at 5,606. On the corporate ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
The Australian share market has opened higher, jumping out of the blocks fired by a spate of takeovers. At 1015 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 41.3 points to 5,529.50, while the all ordinaries gained 38.4 points to 5509.80. Both indices ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open higher despite a flat lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0813 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up 17 points at 5,505. On the corporate front today, the market will ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
The Australian share market has opened higher as takeover activity and speculation helped shrug off a negative US lead. At 1015 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.1 points to 5,479.70, while the all ordinaries gained 5.8 points to 5,461.9. ...

Top insurers join with IFF to help with mental health

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
The job of a super fund trustee is to help boost retirement savings and one way to do this is do help members live long enough to spend it, which is why the Industry Funds Forum (IFF) mental health campaign is so important. If it helps the bottom-line ...

Planner PI insurance reforms unclear: AFA

Government proposals requiring financial services licensees, such as planning groups, to take out professional indemnity (PI) insurance to cover potential compensation claims about the quality of their advice have met mixed reactions from industry experts. ...

GoldLink launches commodities index fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
GoldLink Capital Asset Management has announced the launch of its GoldLink Commodity IndexPlus Fund offering investors returns linked to commodity indices with a degree of downside risk protection. The fund offers investors broad exposure to energy ...

Another appointment in AFS restructure

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) has appointed Wayne Turnbull as New South Wales and ACT regional manager. Turnbull's appointment comes as part of the group's strategic restructure flagged in November. The restructure is aimed at creating what ...