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Hero to Zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... tit for Papandreou's tat of pushing through more austerity measures to meet the EU/IMF terms for the next a,-8 billion tranche of rescue money just a week prior. Mr. Papandreou was able to convince the Greek parliament to pass his plan that involved ...

MySuper legislation introduced

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... the legislation yesterday as the next step to greater retirement savings for Australians. "Today, I introduce the first tranche of legislation to implement MySuper. This Bill amends the Superannuation Guarantee Administration Act 1992 and the Superannuation ...

Shape up or ship out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... all-in "referendum" gambit. Monsieur Sarkozy and Fraulein Merkel suspended the disbursement of the a,-8 billion rescue tranche until Greece makes up its mind to stay in the Eurozone and comply with its "pledge" to push on with austerity measures. At ...

Work in no progress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
... failed the EU-ECB-IMF assessment - prompting the troika to call for the prompt disbursement of the next the a,-8 billion tranche of Greek aid. If only it was that simple. Remember that Greece's passing the troika's conditions of the rescue was a major ...

FOFA reaches parliament with undisclosed feature

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... advisers and the millions of clients they serve." The Financial Planning Association (FPA) said it will not support the FOFA Tranche 1 Bill as it currently stands, accusing the Treasury of making further amendments and ignoring industry input on the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... 0.94 per cent, to 4,306.5. UBS executive director of institutional sales Rob Taubman said the rise came on the heels of a tranche of positive economic news from Europe and the US overnight. One day after rejecting an expanded European rescue fund to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... Europe. The local market opened more than one per cent firmer on Friday, following strong European and US leads after a tranche of details about the Europeans' plans for the debt crisis were released overnight. By 1200 AEDT, both major local indices ...

Government publishes core elements of MySuper draft

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
The Government has provided a two-week window for submissions on draft legislation on the core elements of MySuper as it presses ahead with plans to introduce the default super product from July 2013. Having outlined the structure of Stronger Super ...

Some hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
... have saved quite a handsome amount. But all will be revealed on 13 October - D-day as to whether Greece will get its next tranche -- worth a,-440 billion - of rescue money. And you thought all's done and dusted, 'ey? No siree, not yet. Expect continued ...

Government confirms ban on commissions

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
The Government's release of the second tranche of its Future of Financial Advice Reforms has provided few surprises, reinforcing plans to ban conflicted remunerations and soft dollar arrangements. Given the level of fanfare that has surrounded the entire ...