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Sinodinos aims at "fixing the messes" inherited from Labor

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... the need for Australia to have a level playing field between types of super funds. His comments prompted a reaction from Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who made clear that there will be "no adverse changes to superannuation under an incoming Coalition g ...

Counting up and counting down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... and "fragile". He can't afford another made in America crisis visiting itself on his region (again) - just like the US sub-prime loan crisis swam across the Atlantic and into the Eurozone. The uncertainty sparked by the US budget impasse is already beginning ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... Wednesday when a bid to topple Italy's government fell apart. The euro hit an eight-month high at $1.3646 after former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi abandoned his bid to topple Enrico Letta's government but later stood at $1.3638. HONG KONG ...

Gone fishin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... hopes of a settlement to Italy's political crisis. Milan's FTSE-Mib jumped 3.11 per cent to close at 17,977 points on hopes Prime Minister Enrico Letta will survive a confidence vote as support for former premier Silvio Berlusconi fragmented. Frankfurt's ...

Voting opens on SelectingSuper's Consumer Choice award

STAFF WRITERS  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
Rainmaker has opened the voting on its Consumer Choice award, a new category in the 2013 SelectingSuper Awards that will be announced on 21 November. The Consumer Choice award is open to all AAA quality assessed super funds. Members can vote for their ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
... But the measure, which goes to the House of Representatives, does not defund President Barack Obama's health-care law, a prime objective of House Republicans. LONDON - European stock markets were hesitant as traders reacted to a US budget impasse, offsetting ...

Abbott sticks to his promise on SMSF regulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has made clear that he isn't planning to make changes to the self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector even after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) red flagged DIY investors' property exposure. "What we said was that there would ...

No bubble fears in commercial property for SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... rates and new rules allowing geared investments through SMSFs could be contributing to a bubble forming in the sector. Today Prime Minister Tony Abbott said a strong housing market was "a good thing" and signaled faith in the RBA to head off over-heating ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... 1.2 per cent, however, on renewed concerns over the stability of the Italian government as the process of stripping former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi of his seat in the Senate following his conviction on tax fraud charges. The euro was at $1.3484 ...