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Battle lines drawn over defence force super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
... recent reports that the Government may finally address this issue, but no clear and unequivocal guarantee has been given. Labor calls on the Government to clarify its intentions on military superannuation once and for all, to reassure defence personnel ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... metal prices are the three month PM kerb close on the London Metal Exchange. NEW YORK - US markets were shut because of the Labor Day holiday. They reopen for trade on Tuesday. On Friday, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 119.01 points, or 0.90 ...

Labor supports financial services export push

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
The Shadow Minister for Trade and Regional Development, Simon Crean, has announced the Labor party's support for the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) May discussion paper on exporting Australia's financial services. Speaking at an ...

Howard flags infrastructure fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
The Prime Minister John Howard has announced plans to establish an infrastructure fund similar to that proposed by the Labor party, with a minimum of one per cent of budget surpluses to go into the fund. The announcement came as part of his five-year ...

ALP wants industry funds on awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) has attracted support from the financial services industry with their calls to cut foreign withholding tax, but their call to make industry funds the automatic default super choice for industrial awards is less likely ...

Labour calls for fin services tax reforms

Chris Bowen, Labor's Shadow Assistant Treasurer, has said that a Labor Government would introduce tax reforms to help Australia become the centre of funds management in Asia. Speaking at the Investment & Financial Services Association's (IFSA) annual ...

Stable funds bad defaults: ICI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
... appreciation over time that most workers need in a retirement account." Stevens was speaking in response to proposals from the US Labor Department that employers sponsoring 401(k)s be able to choose to offer a choice of three "default" options that include ...

Boomers care more for environment than super

... magazine. Chris Nicholls Erratum: This article has been amended to more closely reflect the fact that the poll covered both Labor and Coalition seats.

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2007
... points to 6367.4. NEW YORK - US stocks fell sharply for a second day on Wednesday after data showing higher-than-expected labor costs stoked worries about inflation and interest rates. Energy stocks such as Exxon Mobil Corp fell. The sector was among ...

Chilean pension system faces reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
... coverage groups not explicitly targeted by the 1981 pension system reforms. "Since the early 1980s, around one-quarter of the labor force has been self-employed, other people have come in and out of work, and some have withdrawn from the labor market ...