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TWU attacks retail super funds over board governance

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... another system which benefits wealthy banks. This is blatantly linked to the millions of dollars in political donations the Liberal party receives from the financial institutions," TWU assistant national secretary Michael Kaine said. "Industry funds ...

Tax conversation in a bubble

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
Tax accounting firm H&R Block has weighed in on the national tax debate, suggesting there is a danger the conversation is being held in a bubble between "pontificating politicians, policy nerds, lobby groups, academics and media types." H&R Block director ...

FSI and tax response "close to completion": Morrison

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... government's response to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) is "proceeding and close to completion," despite the recent Liberal spill and cabinet reshuffle. Morrison addressed the media along with Finance Minister Mathias Cormann and also confirmed that ...

Turnbull expected to dust off shelved policies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... discuss the government's response to the FSI, and the response to the Life Insurance Framework was also imminent. But the Liberal spill has delayed the process. An opportunity to speed up policy reform The industry has welcomed the appointment of Prime ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
Australia's giant neighbours have been the world's largest source of growth for years. But the great investment opportunity is full of traps and markets often fall in erratic behaviours. Laura Millan asks eight key questions to understand Asia and to ...

Senate inquiry into gender retirement income gap launched

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... was instructed to conduct an inquiry yesterday. A cross-party motion by Senators Jenny McAllister (Labor), Sean Edwards (Liberal) and Larissa Waters (Greens) was supported by the Senate. The Senate Economics References Committee will investigate, among ...

PBOC does an SNB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
Look ma, China's central bank must have read the piece I've written yesterday morning calling their 1.9% devaluation a mere speck. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) topped it up with another devaluation of 1.6% by the afternoon for a grand total of ...

Not all active managers are traders

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
The distinction between active and passive investment management and indexing isn't as clear cut as many investors might think it is. Operating an active investment strategy is often associated with portfolio managers making regular trades to tactically ...

Chexit, Checcident and Chimbo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
Chexit, Checcident, Chimbo OlA(C)! OlA(C)! OlA(C)! A$ down... and the RBA didn't even have to lift a finger. Yes Virginia, it didn't happen overnight but it did happen. The A$ broke below US$0.74 (US$0.7398) last night - the first since mid-2009 - despite ...

Claims of wrongdoing have no basis: IOOF

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... canvassed publicly have been investigated by the company's compliance team and through the ordinary course of their duties. Liberal Senator Sean Edwards proposed there was bullying culture at IOOF that perhaps led to the alleged wrongdoings but Kelaher ...