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Ai Group defends super in awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... represented by the Financial Services Council (FSC); but it also pits them against fellow business body the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI). While ACCI itself does not have a direct connection the industry super funds which benefit ...

FoFA legislative changes pass in the House of Reps

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... appropriate asset mix for their future." Labor MP Bernie Ripoll, who outlined the first version of FoFA, told the lower chamber that "this bill destroys a range of consumer protection measures in financial advice and is very much retrograde." "They [the ...

ACCI calls for end to super in awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
The campaign to keep super in awards suffered another setback on Thursday when the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) renewed calls for an end to the Fair Work Commission's involvement in selecting default funds. The call, made at the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... news on Monday, Business Council of Australia president Catherine Livingstone is scheduled to speak at Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce lunch in Sydney. In major equities news, ANZ chairman David Gonski and other business leaders are slated to give ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... Frontiers conference finishes up in Perth while Stockland chief executive Mark Steinert is scheduled to speak at an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia lunch in Sydney. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Wednesday fell ...

Chamber Orchestra adds violin to Instrument Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) has added a rare and valuable Guarneri violin to its Instrument Fund. The violin was made by Joseph Guarneri filius Andreae in 1714 and is one of the renowned luthier's 250 instruments that survive today. The ACO ...

Palmer United will hold the key to FoFA approval

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... talks with Senators, but they are yet to meet with the eight fringe party representatives, as six of them are new to the chamber and will only become Senators on the first sitting, in July 1. "Our objective is to meet with the Senators who will have ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... Butter holds a general meeting, while Australia Post chief executive Ahmed Fahour is scheduled to speak at an American Chamber of Commerce in Australia lunch in Sydney. The market on Thursday rose, with the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index adding 41 points ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... Tinto, AMP and Caltex have annual general meetings. Wesfarmers chairman Bob Avery is slated to speak at an Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce lunch in Brisbane. In Australia, the market on Wednesday followed the global trend and has finished lower ...