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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... sector. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq had their highest closes since January 3. News late in the session that key members of the US Senate reached a deal on a housing rescue plan raised hopes for the beleaguered home market. Investors poured into technology ...

Bad genes won't hurt insurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
... employers from discriminating against people based on their genetic test results. According to the Washington Post, the US Senate has passed the Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act, preventing insurance providers from forcing people to undergo ...

Senate admits age pension falls short

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
A senate enquiry into the cost of living pressures on older Australians has confirmed what many pensioners already know - that the pension rate is not enough for day-to-day living costs. "Australians have endured cost of living increases over recent ...

DIY funds get legal warrant access

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2007
The Senate has ended years of fluctuating policy and regulatory decisions by passing legislation to allow the use of instalment warrants for self managed super funds (SMSFs). While the legislation still requires Royal Ascent, this is generally seen ...

Sydney on $24 million a day

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... blown out to $170 million - making it a more expensive security exercise than the 2000 Olympics. Figures released to a Senate committee revealed that protecting the world leaders would cost taxpayers a staggering $24 million a day. Prime Minister John ...

No special rules needed for PE: FSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
In a pointer to where the Senate Inquiry into private equity will most likely head, the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) has issued a statement about how it intends to regulate private equity - collect more statistics, hold yet more inquiries but ...

Regulation of private equity unlikely to change

... regulatory arrangements to stand. Cooper said his finding was based on an assessment of the 21 submissions made to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics' inquiry into the regulation of private equity. The committee was asked for an assessment of ...

Senate C'tee rebuffs calls to lower foreign withholding tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... Association (IFSA) has released a study arguing our local funds management industry could be a major export earner, the Senate Economics Committee has rejected industry lobbying that foreign investor withholding tax be lowered. "The case is not well ...

Lower foreign withholding tax will boost Australia: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... boost our local investment industry and help Australia develop its ability to compete globally for inward investment. The Senate Standing Committee on Economics heard last Friday that while the Government should not be in the business of handing out ...

Economic round-up: Going broke going for broke

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
... are going broke. The inspector-general of the Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia, Terry Gallagher, recently told a Senate committee that bankruptcies had risen 12.5 per cent in the nine months to March. "You could go back 10 or 15 years, when bankruptcy ...