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Departing residents increasingly accessing their superannuation: Senator Coonan

Senator Helen Coonan, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Revenue, has said more that 13,000 temporary residents per week...

Morning market wrap: US benchmark indexes in highest decline in a month

US stocks fell in trading yesterday, sending benchmark indexes to their biggest declines in a month...

Two company directors jailed: ASIC

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced today that two former directors of Acts Net have been sentenced...

AustChoice purchase still preliminary, says Deakin managing director

Deakin Financial Services’ managing director Murray Hills discussed the Group’s possible acquisition of AustChoice...

Afternoon market wrap: shares quiet in late trade

The Australian share market drifted a little higher in afternoon trade

Moody's downgrades Royal & Sun Alliance LMI

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Royal & Sun Alliance Lenders Mortgage Insurance Ltd's...

Tasmanian director and Victorian man charged with fraud

Timothy Rhys Hawker Williams of Hobart and Ian Thomas Paterson of Croydon, Victoria appeared in the Hobart Magistrates’ Court today jointly charged with...

Slight growth in US money market mutual fund assets: ICI

Assets managed by US money market mutual funds creep higher...

Building activity slows down slightly in the March quarter: ABS

Building activity across Australia in the March quarter has decelerated over the past year...

IAG issues $200 million in RPS2 offer

Insurance Australia Group Ltd (IAG) issued $200 million in its second issue of reset preference shares (RPS2) today, in an offer that IAG chief financial officer George Venardos...