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EQT receives approval for ANZ Trustees acquisition

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... Trustees (EQT) has received the ministerial approval required for the acquisition of ANZ Trustees. Acting Assistant Treasurer Mathias Cormann has provided the approval, the company told the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). "As such, the sale and ...

FEATURE: Bulldozing the infrastructure roadblocks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... serve as an incentive to get more reluctant states, such as Western Australia, to take the plunge. Western Australia Treasurer Mike Nahan said of the measure: "It is an interesting initiative and one worth looking at. I welcome the incentive and I like ...

New FoFA will not bring back old commissions: FactCheck

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... Advice (FoFA) legislation will not bring back old-style commissions, ABC's FactCheck program said, contradicting shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen. FactCheck analysed Bowen's statement that changes to FoFA will bring back the type of commissions that encouraged ...

Super advocates urge caution on age access

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... urged the federal government not to rush any changes to the age at which people can access their retirement savings. Treasurer Joe Hockey has hinted the government could change the age at which people could access their super, but Prime Minister Tony ...

Treasurer signals major superannuation shake up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey has given the strongest signal yet that the government will be introducing sweeping reforms to bring superannuation into sync with age pension reforms that were announced in last week's budget. The Treasurer was speaking last night ...

CBA, CSSA promote FoFA legal loophole

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... allowance has been made in the FoFA amendment legislation introduced by Arthur Sinodinos on his last day as assistant treasurer in March. However, an amendment to another section of the Corporations Act - 761G - would mean the practice could continue. ...

States urged to recycle infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... Financial Services Council's John Brogden said super funds have "an appetite to invest in infrastructure". Western Australia Treasurer Mike Nahan was also positive, saying: "It is an interesting initiative and one worth looking at. I welcome the incentive ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Advisers turn budget into opportunity to engage

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... The government's warnings before the release of the 2014 budget put advisers on guard and, shortly after the end of Treasurer Joe Hockey's speech; they began the work to help their clients. A number of advisers sent email briefings to their clients which ...

International media question Australia's "austerity budget"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... first budget under Tony Abbott was either brave or foolhardy," BBC Sydney correspondent Jon Donnison wrote following Treasurer Joe Hockey's budget speech on Tuesday night. The journalist said that "compared to most countries, Australia is doing relatively ...