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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... wage growth is minimal and unemployment, though easing, remains high. LONDON - European stock markets clawed back some ground despite weak eurozone data as the Bank of England hinted that a widely anticipated rate rise might be put on hold. London's ...

Administrators fined over 'free ' SMSF set up claims

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)A has ordered a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) administration service provider to pay an infringement notice penalty after claiming its service was free. Your Super Accountant has paid ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... Fortescue dropping six cents to $4.66. The finance sector was also hit by international leads with all big four banks losing ground as the market opened. Commonwealth Bank was down 45 cents to $80.90, ANZ dropped 19 cents to $32.66, NAB fell 23 cents ...

Tit-for-tats and all that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
Oh well, at least I got that one right. Er, half right to be fully correct. I was so wrong in thinking that the growing tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan as the next big 'crisis' to watch out for but I was bloody right that it would be Vlad that ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after Wall Street regained some of the ground US markets lost last week. At 0645 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was up three points at 5,487. Locally, in economic news on ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... retail sales figures were better than expected, so we might see some of those retail consumer staples gaining a bit of ground," she said. "The company earnings season begins in earnest tomorrow, so I think people are also holding back." Australian retail ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... lifted 14 cents to $34.50 and ANZ put on 10 cents to $33.96. The bank's gains were balanced out by resource stocks losing ground. BHP fell 36 cents to $38.64, Rio Tinto lost 12 cents to $65.95 and Fortescue dropped three cents to $4.93. Woodside Petroleum ...

Tax retirement earnings at flat 15%, says consultant

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... credits system would be "even more controversial" than a 15% flat tax on post-retirement investment earnings. A middle ground would be to allow franking credits to cancel out taxes owed, but not pay rebates. Baker also criticised rules that allow SMSFs ...

UniSuper buys big into Westfield despite restructure war

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
UniSuper has become one of the major holders of Westfield's new listed company Scentre, despite its high profile opposition to the restructure last month. The $40 billion fund's chief investment officer John Pearce, who very publicly opposed the restructure ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... Wednesday following its stellar production report, BHP fell 28 cents to $38.70 in early trade. Other resource stocks also lost ground as Rio Tinto dipped 15 cents to $64.38 while Fortescue lost 7.5 cents to $4.545. Gold miner Newcrest dropped 48 cents ...