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Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
Stop right there. If you believe that last night's reversal of fortune on Wall Street was really, truly because of "improved data on the US housing market" as the Australian Financial Review puts it or "as Home Data Tempers Economic Concern," as per ...

FOFA passes as industry backs professionalism

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
Industry bodies have broadly welcomed yesterday's passage of the FOFA legislation through the Senate, with the focus on codes of conduct effectively setting up the industry for self-regulation amid the push towards professionalism and better consumer ...

Foreign MIS tax legislation delayed

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
Federal government plans to raise the tax rate on managed investment schemes have been delayed after the proposal was pulled from a bill before parliament yesterday. The measure proposed to double the rate from 7.5% to 15%, forcing assistant treasurer ...

Coalition releases super manifesto

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
Shadow spokesperson for superannuation, Senator Mathias Cormann, has released a wishlist for what he believes is needed to fix falling confidence in superannuation and the list looks very much like a superannuation policy manifesto for the 2013 federal ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
Australian shares opened almost 1.5 per cent higher after Greece elected the pro-bailout New Democracy party to power. At 1022 AEST on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 56.6 points, or 1.4 per cent, at 4,113.9, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... 3,032.45 points. Locally, Coalworks says it will recommend to its shareholders an improved takeover offer from Whitehaven Coal. Whitehaven, which itself is the target of a takeover offer from billionaire Nathan Tinkler who already owns part of the company ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following Wall Street's positive performance amid speculation of more stimulus from the Federal Reserve after another batch of poor data releases. At 0745 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures ...

Eurozone to craft a reforms roadmap

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
The heads of four key European institutions are hammering out a 'masterplan' to lead the eurozone out of its crisis, according to recent reports. European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi, European Union president Herman Van Rompuy, EU Commission head ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... Institute's inflation gauge for May comes out as do the ANZ job advertisements series for May. In equities news, Gloucester Coal Ltd has a unitholders meeting scheduled while the Rabobank rural confidence survey is due out. In Australia, the market on ...

Coalition clears up FOFA questions

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
With FOFA legislation due for debate in the Senate next month, the Opposition's spokesperson on Financial Services has provided details on what FOFA would look like under a coalition government. Speaking at an Association of Financial Advisers Budget ...