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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012
... banking sector. Westpac data showing that Australians were still pessimistic about their financial future despite two interest rate cuts from the Reserve Bank at the end of last year added to the sour mood. "We seem to have taken exception to comments ...

Global uncertainty creating employment anxiety

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
Reluctance to change roles due to market uncertainty, a reliance on movement in senior positions to drive recruitment and a rush of ex-pats returning home is how 2012 is shaping up in the Australian finance job market, according to career site network ...

FSU slams banking sector cost cutting plans

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... the most profitable and sustainable banks in the world," said Carter. The FSU spokesperson claims there is a "vested interest" in certain sectors of the industry to ensure profit is maintained. "Our read of the situation is there seems to be an unhealthy ...

Stronger Super draft needs clarity

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
The second tranche of Stronger Super is in need of more clarity, according to AIST in its submission on the Bill, with calls for clearer terminology and the legal boundaries of trustees. Submissions are being accepted from industry participants on the ...

Priced in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
... looser policy late last year? Why do you think the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and other central banks that could cut interest rates late last year? It may not yet be doom - that would come on 21 December 2012 according to the Mayans - but it's gloom ...

Instos set sights on Indonesian assets

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... said it was already being well received by its key market, Australian institutional investors, and has even piqued the interest of a major super fund. "We can offer [the super fund] investment in small and medium cap equity portfolios, because that's ...

The times, they're not a -changin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... do so until they find the magic formula containing the three C's. In the meantime, forced fiscal rectitude and higher interest rates demanded on sovereign borrowings would take their toll on the region's real economy, making a recession there a virtual ...

Govt releases final issue of investment manager regime

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... exemption won't apply as far as withholding tax is currently payable on the income nor will it cover income or gains from an interest, other than a portfolio interest in a publicly traded company, in taxable Australian property. The exemption will be ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank buys Bank of Cyprus Australia

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... of Cyprus Australia Limited (BOCAL), which has 14 branches based in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia with interest bearing assets of $1.4 billion. "The business aligns closely with the cultural and strategic values of BEN, and its performance ...

NTEU wants changes at UniSuper trustee company

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
The National Tertiary Education Union, the main union representing UniSuper fund members, has written to members outlining their response to concerns about the superannuation fund. In a statement issued yesterday, the NTEU said, "The Union will take ...