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Sherry urges Costello to "come up to speed on super"

... Helen Coonan, the Assistant Treasurer, of failing to yet decide on how she will implement this policy. Sherry said that Labor will cut the contributions tax for everyone from 15% to 13% and its policy "will boost the retirement saving of millions of ...

Costello refuses to be drawn on rising dollar implications

... he said. "That's what's happened. You've had that correction in the market." However the Treasurer would not be drawn on Labor's claims that the rise in the local currency against the US greenback could slash economic growth. Economists have warned a ...

Crean reaffirms opposition to Telstra sell-off

... (instead) using government ownership in Telstra to ensure that people get the services they deserve," he said. Yesterday, Labor Senator Sue Mackay said Telstra intended to cut capital expenditure by $600 million in a plan reportedly revealed during a ...

Crean comes out firing on super, corporate governance

Labor's Simon Crean has outlined a series of measures to tighten rules on corporate governance and attacked the Government's superannuation tax policy in a populist response to the Budget that is being seen as a litmus test for his credentials as party ...

IFSA calls on Labor to act on stalled super measures

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has called on the Australian Labor Party (ALP) to display political flexibility and work towards an outcome for super measures currently stalled in Parliament, following the ALP's reply to Budget ...

Trustees and managers must take active role in governance: ALP

... called upon institutional investors take a greater role in ensuring that the companies they invest in are well governed. "For Labor, corporate governance is of paramount importance as the retirement incomes of all Australians depend upon well-managed ...

ANZ financial literacy survey sparks political catfight

... to become financially literate about super," Campbell said. "Without incentive there won't be effort to learn," he added. Labor's Nick Sherry, Shadow Minister for Retirement Incomes and Savings, agreed that the results were alarming, but said that they ...

Newspaper job advertisements down 12.1% in April: ANZ

... been affected by the war in Iraq and, especially in the latter part of the month, by the impact of the SARS epidemic on the labor-intensive tourism sector." Each state and territory recorded a decline of at least 5% in the number of newspaper job advertisements ...

IFSA lines up against Labor on voting and disclosure

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) today threw its considerable weight against Labor Party proposals that would obligate fund managers and superannuation trustees to vote on all company resolutions and disclose how and why they ...

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Another MWL adviser banned over Shield collapse

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

ASIC has banned another MWL Financial adviser Nicole Niu from providing financial services, controlling an entity that carries on a financial services business or performing any function involved in the carrying on of a financial services business for a period of five years.

Warakirri, LongView launch home equity strategy

MATTHEW WAI

Warakirri Asset Management and LongView are partnering to bring a new shared equity co-investment fund exclusively to wholesale investors seeking access to Australia's residential property market.

Swedish PE giant sweetens offer bid for Perpetual

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

EQT AB has sweetened its offer bid for Perpetual, after the financial services firm rejected the unsolicited takeover bid from the Swedish private equity giant earlier in the month.

Igneo opens private infrastructure strategy to advised investors

VINNY VUCAGO

Igneo Infrastructure Partners has launched its first private infrastructure fund for advised and wholesale investors in Australia.

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