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ASFA strongly argues in favour of a cut in super contributions tax

The elimination of the 15 per cent contributions tax on super in next year's budget would benefit the economic wellbeing of Australians and the nation as a whole, than another minor income tax cut, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar breaks $US0.7000

The Australian dollar opened stronger today, bursting through the $US0.7000 for the first time since November 1997, driven by a weaker US dollar and talk of a free trade agreement between Australia and China. At 0700 AEST the Australian dollar was trading ...

Trust Co announces $5.56 million first half net profit

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2003
Trust Company of Australia Ltd said its merger with Permanent Trustees had yielded good dividends as it announced a strong interim profit result today. In response Trust's shares defied the market trend and pushed up 45 cents to $7.70. The company ...

ING sells entire IWL strategic stake

ING has sold its entire 12.9 per cent stake in financial planning software company IWL, while the founding directors - Otto Buttula, Paul Collins and Darren Hunter - have also reduced their stakes. Richard Pratt's investment arm Thorney Holdings has ...

Perpetual Trustees loses group executive

Perpetual Trustees has lost one of its key decision makers, with Rohan Mead, group executive of Personal Financial Services, resigning to accept a senior appointment. Perpetual's recently appointed managing director David Deverall said the resignation ...

No rate increases in near future: banks

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2003
In what should come as a relief to Australians with home loans, the head of the St George Bank and a senior executive from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia both said yesterday they did not expect official interest rates to rise in the near future. ...

ASIC releases FSR relief applications overview

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) today released an overview of its decisions regarding recent applications for relief from licensing, conduct and disclosure provisions of the Corporations Act 2001, as amended by the Financial ...

ARPA receives enforceable undertaking

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), in a lengthy statement to the public regarding the AMP's demerger episode, has said as part of APRA's review of the demerger, an enforceable undertaking was received from AMP Limited. This undertaking ...

TXU appoints advisers to assess partial Australian float

Texan energy giant TXU Corp has appointed advisers to assess the proposed partial float of its Australian subsidiary. The Dallas-based parent company wants to keep a controlling stake in its Australian operations but is looking at ways to raise capital ...

AMP shares up on hopes of reinsurance sale

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2003
Shares in AMP Ltd rose by more than one per cent in early trade today amid reports that it could be close to selling its global reinsurance business for $600 million. AMP's shares were eight cents or 1.21 per cent higher at $6.70 by 1057 AEST. Analysts ...