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Signing of Asia Passport agreement expected

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013
Treasurer Joe Hockey and finance ministers from across the Asia-Pacific region are expected to sign a trade agreement in Bali today paving the way for Asia's pension savings to be managed from Australia. The Asia Region Funds Passport, as the agreement ...

Hockey to head Treasury and Cormann Finance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013

Self-education cap to harm senior workers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... their skills and could hasten the retirement of experienced skilled professionals. "Older Australians are encouraged by ministers and bureaucratic advisers to maintain the currency of their skills but this proposal quite simply devalues that advice and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... downside risks in key emerging-market economies and a deeper recession in the eurozone. Meanwhile, economy and finance ministers from all 28 European Union countries gave the final green light to Latvia to join the eurozone from the start of 2014. London's ...

Ghosts? What ghosts?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... country sparked by the resignation of its finance minister. This prompted speculation of more resignations by government ministers that could derail Lisbon's recovery. There's also Greece - it might not get the next tranche of its bailout worth a,-8.1 ...

Trans-Tasman super rollovers exclude SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... marks the first time the Australian authorities have allowed rollovers between overseas pension funds. While New Zealand ministers have welcomed the portability agreement, SMSF proponents will be disappointed that self-managed funds have been overlooked ...

UK to consider Australia model for small pension fund mergers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... number of optimal funds," he told the Financial Times. The London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) is among those urging ministers to move towards pooled funds which could make major savings in fees and administration due to economies of scale. The UK's ...

Govt loses, then wins vote on super legislation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... Cormann, the Opposition won a vote for the amendment by a slender margin of 72 to 68 after four Labor MPs, including two Ministers and the government whip failed to turn up to vote. But the amendment was later blocked. Senator Cormann said the Opposition ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... Composite Index added 2.21 (0.06 per cent) at 3,438.79. LONDON - European stock markets rose slightly as eurozone finance ministers met to discuss ways to clamp down on tax fraud, while the euro and US dollar hit fresh multi-year highs versus the yen. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... dollar surged to a four-year record above 101 yen owing to positive US labour market data, analysts said, and as finance ministers from industrialised countries met in Britain. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies advanced 0.49 per cent ...