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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... as traders fret US lawmakers will not agree a deal to avert the fiscal cliff. Forex dealers also ran for cover after the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said "little progress" had been made in cross-party talks on the looming tax hikes and spending ...

CGT relief passes Senate

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
Capital gains tax relief legislation for superannuation funds passed through the Senate yesterday alongside two other key pieces of reform. Unrealised gains or losses on revenue and capital assets incurred from 1 October 2011 to 1 July 2017 can now ...

Federal election to compound market uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... early election," said the report. "The prospect of a change of government offers little comfort to investors, as a hostile senate is likely to hamper coalition efforts to implement its policies and expose business to ongoing uncertainty." According to ...

The song remains the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... much the same as it was the day before the elections. President Barrack Obama remains president. The Democrats control the Senate and the GOP dominates Congress. Yet Wall Street seems to have fallen off a cliff this week. I vowed not to use corny allegories ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... challenger Mitt Romney in a closely fought race late Tuesday. But voters left Congress divided, with Democrats maintaining the Senate and Republicans holding the House of Representatives. LONDON - European stock markets closed lower and the euro fell ...

Poisoned chalice awaits next US president

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... final concern is that the closeness of the election might see either man win the White House but without control of the Senate. "In the event that the Senate majority and the presidential victor are split, we can expect even more political gridlock ...

Exchange-traded gov bonds expand investment options

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
Retail access to exchange-traded government bonds moved a step closer yesterday following the Senate's passing of the Commonwealth Government Securities Legislation Amendment (Retail Trading) Bill. Subject to regulatory clearance, trading is expected ...

Future Fund 'under-resourced' on climate risks

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
Still smarting over a Senate Committee gruelling over its tobacco investments, the Future Fund - the largest fund in Australia - is being accused of insufficient transparency over climate-change risk mitigation within its portfolio. A FOI search two ...

Future Fund tarred by its tobacco stocks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... Future Fund was undermined this week when its senior executives were forced to justify their tobacco investments before a Senate Committee. Appearing before the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Senate Committee were managing director Mark ...

Greens plan to fell Westpac-backed logging

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... more than 1000 hectares of pristine rainforest, including an area of rare swamp forest on the island of Vella Lavella. The Senate yesterday heard the motion from Rhiannon, who wants Parliamentary support for a review and possible withdrawal of environmental ...