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Media Super funds film

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... You Were Here starring Joel Edgerton and the highly successful Miss Fishers Murder Mysteries series, recently screened on ABC TV, featuring Essie Davis.

Austock sells PFM to Folkstone

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... giving them approximately a 6% share. Austock is the former house broker and financial adviser to childcare centre operator ABC Learning, which collapsed in 2008 owing creditors $1.6bn, forcing the sale of 1200 childcare centers. Taxpayers contributed ...

NSW budget to focus on creating infra deals

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... in overseas projects funneled back into NSW. Ahead of the release of the 2012 state budget, NSW treasurer Mike Baird told ABC radio that "it seemed to me very strange that we had our own superannuation fund that was investing significantly in infrastructure ...

Trio investor secures damages from adviser

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... former financial adviser, after losing substantial savings in the Trio fraud. Wollongong-based legal firm RMB Lawyers told the ABC it has been representing the woman, who has a terminal illness and lost approximately $1 million when the superannuation ...

ASIC moves on insider trading

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... sophisticated and more of the people we call gatekeepers have access to otherwise confidential information," Gibson told the ABC's AM program this morning. "And you'll see what is interesting is that many of the cases we've brought are against employees ...

Sure 25 but maybe 50

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... Bernie Fraser - one of its own, the RBA's former Governor. When questioned whether the RBA should cut rates by 50 bips today on ABC's 7:30 program last night, Mr. Fraser replied: "Yes, I think the economic circumstances, signs of weakness in large parts ...

MySuper consultation draws focus on divisions

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... representatives that recommend which superannuation fund should be used as the default fund for their employees," Brogden told the ABC. "So you've got a situation where the industry body and the union in a certain industry are the ones who sit on the ...

Speculation grows on super tax breaks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... speculation is rising the government is considering a clampdown on untargeted superannuation tax concessions. On Wednesday night on ABC's Lateline program he said, "We are all living longer, and the longer we rely on government handouts, the greater ...

Govt overhauls aged care

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... reforms will allow for many people to be cared for in their homes. Penny Wong, Minister for Finance and Deregulation, told ABC Radio the Government spends about $12bn on aged care with around three million Australians aged over 65 years today and estimates ...

ACT super account takes $450m GFC hit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... rolling 12 month returns or 5% pa returns over the past five years. Andrew Barr, deputy chief minister of the ACT, said on ABC radio this morning that the fund's return target is 5% pa above inflation. But it's not just poor capital markets impacting ...