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Investment

Economist asleep over budget investment market impact

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
Impact on investment markets from the 2015 budget does not excite AMP chief economist Shane Oliver.

Australia unprepared for FTAs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
The Australian financial services industry is unprepared for a "bonanza" arising from free trade agreements with China, Japan and South Korea, according to Finsia research.

Folkestone develops two Melbourne properties

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
Real estate fund manager Folkestone has announced two new developments in Melbourne.

NAS retains Cooper Investors custody

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
NAB Asset Servicing will retain custodial services for global and Australian equities fund manager Cooper Investors for another three years.

Review portfolios in global bond market sell-off

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
Woes surrounding government bonds prompting wider market volatility has left stock market investors being urged to review their portfolios.

Budget projections risk being too optimistic, economists warn

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Chief economists from major financial institutions have warned that the Government's projected revenue growth included in Budget 2015 risks being too optimistic.

No new taxes on super welcomed

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Superannuation representative groups have backed the federal government's decision to leave new taxes on super out of the 2015 budget but say there is further consultation ahead.

Mining exports finally give way to financial services

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
As Australia's extraordinary mining boom peters out, the Government is finally getting behind financial services exports and will invest $6 billion in free trade agreements (FTA) in Asia.

Opposition welcomes SME package, slams Google tax

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen has given his backing to small business tax cuts made in the budget but has branded the so-called crack-down on multi-nationals "a cop out".

Age pension kept at highest indexation rate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
In the absence of an increase in the superannuation guarantee, industry representative groups agree Australians will need to put more money in to their super accounts after changes to the Age Pension were announced in the federal budget.