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SG rise through House of Representatives

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
Leading superannuation bodies have welcomed the passage of the mining tax package through the lower House, which paves the way for the Superannuation Guarantee hike from 9 to 12 %. The 30 % tax on coal and iron ore profits, which successfully made it ...

DST Global Solutions launches HiPortfolio upgrade

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
Software and technology provider DST Global Solutions has upgraded its investment accounting and asset servicing solution HiPortfolioA(R) 3v10. DST said the enhanced version is the latest in a regular cycle of functional and technical enrichment, based ...

BetaShares launches Aussie first oil exchange traded fund

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
BetaShares has announced an Australian first with the launch of the first oil exchange traded fund on the country's stock exchange. The exchange traded fund (ETF), which will trade under ASX code "OOO", aims to track the performance of the S&P GSCI ...

Indonesia readies for bond rating upgrade

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
Sentiment that Indonesia's bond rating could soon be upgraded to investment quality has helped fuel foreign demand for an Indonesian government Sukuk issue. The issue is only for $1 billion but already 75% has been booked to local buyers and investors ...

Mid-sized licensees to disappear: CoreData

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2011
Mid-sized financial planning firms will be "swallowed up" by opportunistic licensees as the rate of acquisition will rise while new forms of advice will reign, according to a research paper from CoreData. In its "Licensee of the Future" white paper ...

Chi-X and ASX go head to head

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
Chi-X Australia, the Australian stock exchange's first competitor and the country's first foreign-owned stock exchange operator, opened for business with a 'soft launch' today. Once this initial phase is completed, Chi-X will then move from trading ...

US unlikely to follow EU short selling ban

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
Asset managers in Europe have reacted against an EU limited ban on short-selling of sovereign bonds but in the US the Securities Exchange Commission said it is unlikely to follow suit. Last week the European Union announced a ban on naked short selling ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
The Australian share market was more than 1.5 per cent higher at noon after gains on Wall Street and signs of optimism about a solution to the European debt crisis. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 68.4 points, or 1.63 per cent, to 4,274 and the ...

Tax forum tackles wealth management issues

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
While big ticket items like the GST, Carbon Tax and Mining Tax may not have been up for discussion, there was still plenty to talk about for the wealth management industry as Government heads and industry leaders gathered at the 2011 Tax Forum. Treasurer ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011