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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... Institute's Survey of Consumer Sentiment is also due out. In equities news, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, CSL, Suncorp Group, Echo Entertainment, Goodman Fielder, Primary Health Care, Nick Scali, Carsales.com and Computershare are expected to post ...

Super tax in firing line

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... breakfast event in Cairns marking the closing day of the Financial Services Council (FSC)'s annual conference. Caton's comments echo those of Mercer senior partner David Knox, who spoke at one of the conference's concurrent sessions the day before. "One ...

Inquiry has Macquarie Private Wealth in its sights

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... Part of the reason CBA has behaved the way they have is that they have nothing to fear from this regulator." His comments echo those of ASIC whistleblower James Wheeldon who railed the regulator's "venality", "incompetence", "laziness" and "lack of intellectual ...

Platforms pushed by utility as well as technology

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014
While rapid advances in technology is putting platforms under pressure to keep evolving, platform operators believe they need to not just add functionality but features that actually improve investor's connectivity and usefulness. Speaking at the "Riding ...

Treasurer signals major superannuation shake up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... We're thinking about how we're going to make retirement incomes policy sustainable," said Hockey. The Treasurer's comments echo similar concerns from Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss that were reported last week in the Courier Mail : "Increasingly ...

International media question Australia's "austerity budget"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
International media reports on the 2014/15 federal budget reflect concerns that cuts will hit consumer confidence in an economy that is doing better than most of its counterparts. "Australia's first budget under Tony Abbott was either brave or foolhardy," ...

Delay in SG rise 'disappointing', says industry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
The government will delay the staggered increase of the superannuation guarantee (SG) to 12% for an extra year, it has revealed in the 2014/15 budget. On 1 July 2014, the SG will go up to 9.5% and will remain at that level until 2018, when it will rise ...

Industry prepares for Abbott's first budget

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
Age pension eligibility, infrastructure and the deficit look likely to take prominent position in tonight's budget, described by Prime Minister Tony Abbott as bringing "pain with purpose." However, superannuation and financial services are expected ...

Larry Fink pays tribute to Australian super system

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... policymakers and institutional investors to facilitate bringing the infrastructure opportunity to scale." Fink's comments echo increasing attention Australia's superannuation system has been receiving in the US. Earlier this month the Australian superannuation ...

ISA 'deeply concerned' over banks' MySuper campaign

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... as the default for their employees. "This is clearly fraught with potential conflicts of interests." Whiteley's concerns echo those expressed by Cbus chief executive David Atkin, who fears that banks could offer their business clients potentially illegal ...