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IGR signals tax and health reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
Fiscal pressures due to Australia's ageing population outlined in the latest Intergenerational Report strengthen the case for health reform, tax reform, national productivity growth targets and the removal of the compulsory retirement age. Yesterday ...

Five Oceans gains China and India fund mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
Five Oceans Asset Management has been selected by financial planning group Garnaut Private Client Advisers to manage its China and India investment fund. Ross Youngman, chief executive at Five Oceans Asset Management, said Garnaut Private Clients had ...

BT adds oil and gold to super portfolios

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
In a pivotal stance signalling the importance of oil and gold in superannuation portfolios, BT Financial Group has made key investment changes to its super products to include direct exposure to commodities. The firm completed its strategic asset allocation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
Australian shares are likely to open lower after credit downgrades and warnings directed at several governments, reports showed manufacturing is weak in the UK and Germany, and major US companies announced poor earnings. At 0807 AEDT on the Sydney Futures ...

Still a lucky country: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... population that is generally optimistic. That said, the low ratio of those surveyed intending to invest new money is a clear signal that investors would need more proof that their savings will be safe. "Investors need a lot more assurance than they did ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
The Australian market has received mixed leads from overseas trading overnight, with Wall Street indices flat, precious metals mixed and oil flat. At 0805 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was 34 points lower ...

Fidelity's Bolton back in the game

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... Ford, the group's chief investment officer for Asia Pacific said that Bolton's return to portfolio management is a clear signal of the region's potential. The group has been a private equity investor there since 1995 through Fidelity Asia Ventures and ...

Clearing house model to be multi competitive: Tsy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
Treasury's release of draft legislation for the superannuation clearing house signals that while the government appointed Medicare as the small business clearing house, it expects multiple clearing houses to be operating in the market. "[It will] allow ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... warning that banks must comply strictly with capital adequacy requirements. Investors viewed the warning as the latest signal that Beijing is worried about risks building in the country's financial system after a year of massive lending. The benchmark ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... per cent predicted by economists polled by Thomson Reuters. Meanwhile, signs of inflation remained muted, in a positive signal for the economy. The Labor Department's Produce Price Index, which measures inflation at the wholesale level, rose less than ...