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Coalition gives qualified support to reforms

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
The Coalition isn't itching for a fight when it comes to the recently announced superannuation reforms, despite the Government's precarious grip on power under the hung parliament. In response to the reforms unveiled by the Government yesterday, the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... market is comfortable now that we will get a few more months of rates on hold." Mr Kimber said resource stocks, in particular coal and iron ore miners, were propping the market up. "Rio Tinto is again holding the market up," he said. "Most of the brokers ...

Fairview beats benchmark by a mile

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... contributors to its returns have included salary packaging company McMillan Shakespeare, gold company Andean Resources, Centennial Coal, mining construction services company Forge Group, and copper company Discovery Metals. "Certainly, we regard the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... said the market was patchy, with the energy, oil and healthcare stocks finding interest among investors. Rio Tinto's bid for coal producer Riversdale Mining Ltd drove the latter's share price up $1.70 or 12.06 per cent to $15.80. Rio added eight cents ...

QIC sees stronger Aus equities in 2011

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... which makes up a huge chunk of our market. He thinks the market is "undercooking" commodity prices, in particular coking coal and iron ore, where supply has been constrained due to underinvestment. He said that the financial sector is facing a number ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2010
... Annual general meetings are scheduled by Brickworks Ltd, Crown Ltd, SEEK Ltd, Consolidated Media Holdings Ltd, Gloucester Coal Ltd, and Cape Lambert Resources Ltd. On Monday, the Australian share market reversed early losses to close higher as investors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... Telstra Corporation Ltd holds its annual general meeting, as do Sims Metal Management Ltd, Spotless Group Ltd, Continental Coal Ltd, and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. On Thursday, the Australian share market closed higher, rising slightly from Wednesday's ...

Cormann blasts ALP over default super

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
The Shadow Minister for Superannuation, Senator Mathias Cormann, has criticised the ALP for failing to support moves to improve competition into the default superannuation fund market. The ALP voted against a coalition motion in the Senate yesterday ...

Fees on SG super should be cost-recovery: IPA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
Fees on compulsory superannuation should be slashed to only be on the basis of cost-recovery, said the conservative think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. Sinclair Davidson, a senior fellow at the IPA and professor of institutional economics at ...

Factions will stay: AMP, AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
Two of the country's largest super funds, AustralianSuper and AMP, said a fully cohesive superannuation industry will never be achieved, as retail and not-for-profit super funds cannot completely set aside their differences to tackle the toughest issues ...