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Back-off super: FSC missive to Canberra

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... and the Coalition must rule out abolishing the low income earners concession," Brogden said. Brogden, a former NSW Liberal Party leader, said that "If superannuation becomes a political issue no one wins." "There have been 10 substantial tax changes ...

Coalition wants fund governance changes: Fletcher

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
Paul Fletcher, the Liberal Party member for Bradfiled who sits on the Parliamentary Joint Committee on corporations and financial services, has voiced the Federal Opposition's concerns about superannuation fund governance. Speaking yesterday in Melbourne ...

Insto's ignoring climate change

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) and Shartru Capital. Through AOPD Hewson, a former leader of the Australian Liberal Party and Reserve Bank economist wants to name the investment institutions -including superannuation and pension funds - that are ...

Thank you, xie xie, arigato

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012

Markets await promising China leadership change

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... be positive for investments." Where previous administrations have restricted reform, the world is anticipating a more liberal approach from the new regime. "Certainly the new leadership realises the importance of structural changes to maintain longer ...

Future Fund 'under-resourced' on climate risks

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012
... suffered "resource constraints." Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) Chair Dr John Hewson and former leader of the Liberal Party said: "It is quite extra-ordinary that Australia's largest fund which will have to supply pension liabilities over the ...

ACT prohibits guns & smokes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... negative screening, he said. The minority Labor government in the ACT means the Greens will need the support of the Liberal Party for these extended provisions to pass the ACT's unicameral parliament. The anti-tobacco investment restrictions have been ...

KRudd comeback biting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... paralysis and uncertainty for this land girth by sea. And we all know that uncertainty is no good. Tony (Abbott) and the Liberal/National Coalition will be the only ones singing hallelujah at this turn of events. They must be planning a big shindig over ...

A yearning for softer yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011

Future Fund not for sale: Wong

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... allegations that it was planning to withdraw funds from the Future Fund, clarifying its actions and criticising the Liberal party's lack of understanding. The Government's predicted revenue from the sale of non-financial assets sparked interest after ...