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Super funds clash on board independence

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... An FSC statement said independent directors on superannuation boards were recommended by reviews under both Labor and Liberal governments with the Super System Review in 2009 and the Financial System Inquiry in 2014. Recognising existing super funds ...

Investment Manager Regime passes through Parliament

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
The Investment Manager Regime (IMR) legislation, aimed at removing tax uncertainty for foreign investors when using Australia-based fund managers, was passed through Parliament last night. The legislation was recommended by Mark Johnson in his 2009 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... March and the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the international trade price indexes for the March quarter. Former Liberal leader John Hewson speaks at a Property Council lunch in Adelaide while the two-day Future of Work conference finishes ...

China's deflation limited says ANZ boss

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
ANZ chief executive Mike Smith believes any deflationary effect on China in the near future will be "quite limited". The comment came at a recent Bloomberg event attended by some of Australia's top business leaders, and where Smith addressed ANZ's plans ...

Political donations pay off

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... advisory firm Political Monitor shows. While giving to both parties ensured the best outcome, companies that gave only to the Liberal or National Parties experienced better share price performance than those who only gave to the Australian Labor Party ...

Turnbull on super and housing debate: "a thoroughly bad idea"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
Communications Minister and Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull slammed Treasurer Joe Hockey's suggestion that young Australians could be given early access to their superannuation to help them buy their first house. "My own view is that would be a thoroughly ...

Privatisation backlash derails infra investing

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... in the recent Queensland state election that most observers argued it played a key role in seeing the Campbell Newman Liberal National Party government thrown out after just one term - despite them having won one of the most commanding electoral victories ...

More Australians to invest in China

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
Australian investors are expected to take advantage of China's liberalising capital markets following Australia's inclusion in the Renminbi (RMB) Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) scheme. The RQFII gives foreign institutional investors ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... Australian Financial Review gave the issue particular prominence, taking a heavily critical stance on the ANU's action. Liberal Party grandees Malcolm Fraser and John Hewson, however, supported the ANU's right to divest. Why the critical parties did ...

Fraser and Hewson support ANU's right to divest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
A group of investors and prominent Australians, including former prime minister Malcolm Fraser and former Liberal leader John Hewson, have signed a statement supporting the Australian National University's right to divest from companies. The statement ...