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Unthinkable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... 2014. Reuters quotes an unidentified source "familiar with the negotiations" saying that, "Democratic and Republican senators are working on a fiscal deal that would extend U.S. borrowing authority at least through mid-February and provide government ...

Super funds urged to include macro-level ESG principles

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... putting a bill before parliament that would force the Future Fund to pull out of socially questionable investments. Greens senators Richard di Natale and Scott Ludlam introduced the bill, which would give the government more scope to direct the fund's ...

PJC releases MySuper report

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
... Treasurer in the cabinet reshuffle earlier this month. Other committee members include deputy chair Senator Sue Joyce, Senators Mathias Cormann, Nick Sherry and Matt Thistlewhaite, along with MPs Paul Fletcher, Alan Griffin, Tony Smith and Laura Smyt ...

FSC urges Senate to vote for SG rise

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
The Financial Services Council is urging Senators to pass legislation to increase the superannuation guarantee, tabled for today, saying Australians would benefit to the tune of $184bn as a result. New research carried out by Rice Warner Actuaries for ...

SG rise through House of Representatives

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said it was working on a detailed analysis on the super tax concessions to ensure Senators were up to date on the changes. "It is imperative the Senate now follows the lead of the House of Representatives and ...

Earnings, debt ceiling and debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... Bloomberg's take: "US stocks extended gains as Obama embraced a $US3.7 trillion debt-cutting plan by a bipartisan group of senators that would combine tax increases and spending cuts, saying it could end a congressional deadlock over raising the US borrowing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
... Composite slid 24.69 points (0.89 per cent) to close at 2,765.11. The sell-off came as top Democratic and Republican senators were struggling to forge a compromise deal to raise the federal government's debt ceiling by August 2 in order to avert a potentially ...

Commonwealth trustee reforms passes Senate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... military and civilian scheme members," said Senator Wong. The set of legislation passed with the support of the Greens, Senators Steve Fielding and Nick Xenophon, and a number of independents, but the Opposition did not back the changes. Senator Nick ...

PM Gillard makes wealth reforms more likely

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... advice. The rationale behind the two-year delay is that even if the senate changes following this year's election, any new senators will not take up their positions until July 2011. The bad news for critics of the proposed financial advice reforms is ...

Rules, rules, rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
... banking, investment and finance industries are reportedly joining forces with the US Chamber of Commerce... to convince US Senators to go easy on financial regulatory reform. The Chamber of Commerce has reportedly more than doubled its "donations" to ...