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Markets await promising China leadership change

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
China's upcoming leadership change will bring significant economic reforms promoting market efficiency and putting an end to fears of a hard landing, according to Threadneedle's Gigi Chan. As Barrack Obama prepares for four more years in office in the ...

Investors must push for PE transparency

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
Investors must mount pressure on fund managers if they want to see an improvement in private equity transparency, according to Hamilton Lane's managing director Tara Blackburn. While the sector has made significant strides to overhaul its reputation ...

Labor's $30bn secret super tax plan revealed

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... doing the right thing by saving for their retirement, Shorten is hard at work helping Wayne Swan to design a $30 billion secret super tax plan. As revenue is lower than Swan's budget expectations, he said, spending is already higher and Labor's surplus ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
The Australian market is set to open higher after an encouraging report on the US labour market and better retail sales pushed Wall Street higher. At 0806 AEST on Friday, the local December share price index futures contract was up 11 points at 4,471. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher despite a flat session on Wall Street dominated by a weak economic outlook from global freight company FedEx. At 0812 AEST the September share price index futures contract was up nine points at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
The Australian sharemarket is lower, in the wake of US data showing continued weakness in the US manufacturing sector, and ahead of key market-influencing events. At 1200 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 41.7 points, or 0.97 per ...

10,000 finance jobs slashed since GFC

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
At a time when Australian banks can afford to provide the best working conditions in the world, workers in financial services are under more pressure than ever, said Leanne Shingles, a spokesperson for the Finance Sector Union. Despite working for one ...

Commbank knew of potential Storm collapse: lawyers

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... bank, told the court he would be arguing during the trial in September that the bank had acted "unconscionably" by keeping secret the details about the impending risk of the economic meltdown, said AAP. The Commonwealth Bank has rejected this allegation. ...

ETSL appoints superannuation chair

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
Equity Trustees Limited has appointed Anne O'Donnell as non-executive chair of its superannuation business, Equity Trustees Superannuation Limited. O'Donnell is taking over as chair from Rob Dillon who has retired. Dillion set up Wealthpac Master Fund ...

MDS Financial CEO resigns

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
Damian Isbister has resigned as chief executive of the ASX-listed corporate advisory and investor relations provider MDS Financial Group Ltd and also as executive director of the company's subsidiaries. Isbister held several roles at MDS Financial ...