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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
Australian stocks have fallen heavily after resuming trade after the Australia Day public holiday, due to a recent sell off on Wall Street. Wall Street's Dow Jones Industrial Average took a near two per cent slide on Friday night and a further, albeit ...

Up, up, prices are up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
Dear! Dear! Dear! Yes my dear Virginia, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures showed that the cost of living in this sunburnt country girt by sea has become dearer in the quarter ended 31 December 2013. Headline consumer prices jumped by 0.8% ...

PIMCO chief El-Erian steps down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
PIMCO's global chief executive and co-chief investment officer Mohamed El-Erian will step down from both posts in mid-March, after 15 years with the company. He will remain on the International Executive Committee of the group's Munich-based parent ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
Australian shares have bounced back from Tuesday's losses, thanks to a positive lead from Wall Street. The market is more than three-quarters of a per cent higher, which partly offsets the previous session's 1.5 per cent slide. Morgans senior private ...

LGS carbon screening possible, but not imminent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
The board of Local Government Super (LGS) will consider toughening its screening of investments in companies exposed to coal mining and other fossil fuels, but is unlikely to make any decisions before February, according to LGS head of sustainability ...

Unwind for Xmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
What the fudge! Yes I know gentle readers, most especially dear Canadian gentle reader Mike, today's topic is about that thing I placed my right hand on my left breast vowing not to mention again only a weekend and day ago. How can I not break my vow ...

Inquiry recommends MRRT and LISC be scrapped

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
The low income superannuation contribution (LISC) looks set to be scrapped following the Senate Economics Legislation Committee's recommendation that the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) and Other Measures Bill 2013 be passed. In its report to the ...

Government to discuss alternative funding for LISC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
The government has indicated that it may be open to finding other sources of funding to prevent the scrapping of the low income superannuation contribution (LISC). Industry bodies including Industry Super Australia (ISA), the Association of Superannuation ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
Australian stocks have opened virtually flat amid weakness in resources stocks and moderate gains for the big four banks. Morgans senior private client advisor Bill Chatterton said the market had started Wednesday with a slightly negative tone following ...

Industry bodies call for Government LISC U-turn

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
Industry bodies have called on the Government to reconsider its repeal of the low income superannuation contribution (LISC) in their submissions on the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013. The LISC compensates individuals ...