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SPAA approves government's response to Trio reports

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
The self-managed super funds Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) has come out in support of the government's response to the parliamentary inquiry into the collapse of Trio Capital, and the report into compensation arrangements for consumers ...

Opposition and VOFF criticise response to Trio report

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
The opposition and the Victims of Financial Fraud (VOFF) have criticised the government's response to the reports by the Parliamentary Joint Committee and Richard St. John on the collapse of Trio Capital. Shadow minister for Financial Services and Superannuation ...

$10bn CEFC fund gets govt mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has begun to build its investment pipeline after the government's issue and release of its $10 billion investment mandate this week. The funds will become available after 1 July 2013, and the CEFC is progressing ...

Austock Group company secretary resigns

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
Austock Group company secretary Amanda Gawne has resigned, to be replaced by the company's chief financial officer Enzo Silverii. It is understood that Silverii has already taken the reigns and according to an ASX announcement yesterday, he will be ...

Abbott super cut to affect low income Australians: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
Around one in three working Australians will be denied up to $500 each year under opposition leader Tony Abbott's plan to cut the Low Income Superannuation Contribution (LISC), minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten said. According ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
Australian stocks have opened firmer, as investors defied a negative lead from Wall Street and took advantage of recent declines to get back into the local market. A strong rebound in resources-linked companies, which have been hit hard in recent days ...

Use super to help pay health costs: CEDA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
Superannuation contributions should be used to help pay spiralling health care costs, the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) said in a recent report. The CEDA report, Healthcare: Reform or Ration, said in the five decades between ...

Business leaders donate big to Salvos

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
The business community raised in excess of $2 million at the launch of the Salvation Army's Red Shield Appeal at a lunch held at the Westin Hotel in Sydney yesterday. Guest speakers Fortescue Metal Group chairman Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest and his wife ...

Can't lose

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
I hate to tell you I told you so but...I told you so. Yes Virginia, I hate to tell you I told you so but...I told you so. Yes Virginia, the Fed's monetary magic continues to work its magic on the equity markets. Wall Street's running up and setting ...

Vietnam an attractive fit for family offices

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2013
The second largest investor in the Vietnamese stock exchange after the Vietnamese government, Dragon Capital, is to meet with 25 family offices in Sydney and Melbourne this week. This is the fund manager's third trip to Australia in five years and represents ...