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Super is working but can be improved: Ripoll

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... is seen outside the political or budgetary cycles. "Labor understands this, that is why we took to the last election a proposal to move super away from the political decision making cycle." The Federal Member for Oxley urged superannuation professionals ...

Standard Life appoints infrastructure debt director, analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
Standard Life Investments has further expanded its Infrastructure Debt team with two senior appointments. Alex Campbell has been appointed investment director for infrastructure debt and Marianne Froude has become investment analyst for the infrastructure ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open a little higher despite European markets closing slightly off after disappointing bailout package talks between the European Union and Greece. At 0807 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract ...

New SIV proposals a boon to venture capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
Foreign nationals seeking residency in Australia under the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) program will need to pump significant funds into venture capital projects and small companies if proposals tabled by Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb ...

FSI proposal to ban LRBAs "draconian"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
The Financial System Inquiry (FSI)'s recommendation to ban limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) is "a draconian move that we need to reflect on," the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA)'s chief operating officer Phil Anderson said. "LRBAs ...

QIC appoints independent investment chair

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
Paul Costello has been appointed independent chairman of the QIC Global Infrastructure Investment Committee. Previously managing director of the Future Fund and New Zealand Superannuation Fund's first chief executive, Costello began his new role at ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... billion euros ($A457.02 billion) in debt. German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday said she awaited a "sustainable" proposal from Greece that respected the "basic rules" of the bailout program as set by international lenders. The Athens stock market ...

Funds urge government to reject lift of super threshold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
Superannuation funds are calling for the government to reject a proposal from the Board of Taxation to lift the superannuation payment threshold for low income and casual workers to $1,350 a quarter. The measure would mean that employees who earn less ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... euros of other non-financial corporate debt. But a report on Wednesday by Bloomberg said the ECB's board had drawn up a proposal to buy 50 billion euros of sovereign bonds per month until the end of 2016, an injection that would be worth 1.1 trillion. ...

ASIC national exam proposal lacks evidence: CMCRC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... into a "false sense of security". Given that costs for the exam would "no doubt be passed on to clients," he added, the proposal should be tested before implementation. To do this, Aitken suggested looking at the practical outcomes of the introduction ...