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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2006
... Australia (RBA) has decided not to lift interest rates following its monthly board meeting yesterday. This comes as some relief to the market and mortgagees after last month's 0.25 per cent increase to 6 per cent, the second since May of this year and ...

ASIC issues disclosure guidelines for super trustees

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
... law for trustees on giving information about particular financial products that form part of an investment strategy. The relief also reflects the intent of the law that members are provided with adequate information on which to base their decision to ...

Super Budget benefits all around: AXA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2006
... planning. These changes will allow a business owner to sell down a business and still access the significant person's CGT relief," Semple said. Previously, an individual needed to have 50 per cent equity in a business to access the tax relief but now ...

Government moves to dampen super tax cut heat

... he said. "I suggested that in the longer term we should consider how we tax superannuation savings, noting that any tax relief in this area would not overheat the economy," he conceded. But Minchin now says the comments should not be seen as a pre-emptor ...

ASIC gives credit rating agencies a break

... break from the financial services licensing regime, in relation to their credit ratings on debt type instruments only. The relief will exempt Moody's Investors Service Pty Limited, Standard & Poor's (Australia) Pty Limited, Fitch Australia Pty Limited ...

Keep it short and simple: ASIC

... advice warning when they give oral general advice. 'By focussing on the core message of the general advice warning, this relief makes it easier for retail clients to understand the warning when it is given orally,' said Mark Adams, ASIC's director of ...

Asia-Pacific clear leader in September: S&P

... addition, the impact the storms have had on the U.S. markets is being felt globally, as there does not appear to be any relief from high energy prices in the near future." Emerging markets were strong performers across the developed world, however the ...

Zurich launches phone based underwriting service for planners

... uncomfortable about giving their information." he says. Besides resolving time and privacy issues, the service also offers relief to advisers who are new to the market. According to a recent survey, more than half of the financial advisers in the industry ...

Fund managers doubt local equities: Russell

... the change in $A sentiment has been a more bearish view on the $US, with an increasing budget deficit, further buoyed by relief efforts post Katrina, weighing heavily on investor's minds," he said. Investors cast Australian bonds as the most desultory ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2005
... points at 2121.46. LONDON - UK shares closed just short of fresh four-year highs, boosted by a surge in mining stocks and relief that Hurricane Rita did not wreak the damage feared to US oil assets. The FTSE 100 index scored its third straight closing ...