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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... US to give online customers unlimited delivery of goods for $US50 a year, putting it in direct competition with Amazon's "Prime" service. LONDON - Europe's stock markets have risen in light holiday trade, after US stocks climbed higher following a mixed ...

Budget for uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... great reveal of Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey's second Budget (or is it Social Services Minister Scott Morrison's first?). Prime Minister Tony Abbot "promised" that this one would be a "pretty dull and pretty routine" budget. Then again, with Tony Abbott ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... advanced 2.8 per cent and Goldman Sachs added 1.6 per cent. LONDON - London's stock market have rallied and the pound surged as Prime Minister David Cameron's "business-friendly" Conservatives scored a surprise victory in Britain's general election. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
... first time since a crippling economic crisis. British voters went to the polls Thursday to decide between the main rivals, Prime Minister David Cameron's centre-right Conservatives and Ed Miliband's centre-left Labour. "Judging from recent opinion polls ...

AustralianSuper buys $370m stake in Boston building

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... the fund through its size and scale. "We were attracted to 75 State Street as a result of its strong tenancy profile and prime location in one of the leading cities in the United States." AustralianSuper's property portfolio has now over $7 billion in ...

CSRI identifies super flaws

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... was formed to review the entire retirement income system and will be chaired by former Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Dr Michael Keating. It aims to examine Australia's retirement income model from an independent, bipartisan ...

Modi under the spotlight

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
When India Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Australia in November 2014, he sparked such enthusiasm among politicians and citizens that for a few days all we could see in the media was his friendly, bearded smile. Indian citizens in Australia were ...

Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... at this time. The yen has depreciated sharply from around the mid-A¥70's to a greenback in 2011/12 to A¥100 following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's victory at the 16 December 2012 elections (and the birth of 'Abenomics' and the 'three arrows'). The BOJ's ...

Industry should help fund ASIC: ANZ

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... aware if those advisers are employed somewhere else in the industry. Asked about the $30 million compensation announced for Prime Access clients who had no access to the yearly advice reviews they were entitled to, Phillips confirmed that the first instances ...

No changes to neg gearing, super in Budget

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Just three weeks out from the Abbott government's second budget, the Prime Minister and Assistant Treasurer have said there will be no changes to tax policy regarding negative gearing or superannuation. On speculation that the government might act to ...