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Deal with government brings in consumer protection: Palmer

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... (FoFA) legislation will provide a guarantee of consumer protection, MP Clive Palmer has said. Speaking to journalists in Canberra, Palmer said that the changes to the law will "ensure that more and more people are protected." In siding with the government ...

Confidence key to financial future: Murray

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... have to put on our crash helmets and flak jackets on when we looked at this," Mr Murray told the National Press Club in Canberra. His review says super government policy settings lack stability, which add to costs and reduces long-term confidence and ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... Tuesday night (AEST). The major banks were mixed as the first review of the financial system in 17 years was released in Canberra. ANZ was steady at $33.54, Westpac added 16 cents to $34.30, NAB lifted 13 cents to $33.97 and Commonwealth Bank fell 16 ...

Whitehelm Capital appoints chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... formal commencement of Whitehelm Capital on 1 July 2014. Whitehelm has 51 employees in London, Sydney, Singapore and Canberra and currently managed $4 billion in funds under management as at 30 April 2014. Withers was most recently chief executive officer ...

Super for retirement income not wealth warn Treasury, ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... morning's annual policy conference for the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) held at Parliament House in Canberra, Dr David Gruen, the Commonwealth Treasury's executive director macroeconomic group, said, "the key focus of superannuation ...

Super for retirement income not wealth warn Treasury, ASFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... morning's annual policy conference for the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) held at Parliament House in Canberra, Dr David Gruen, the Commonwealth Treasury's executive director macroeconomic group, said, "the key focus of superannuation ...

Future Fund staff bonuses stun public sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... While details of the bonuses were disclosed in the FFMA 2012-13 annual report they were only recently published by The Canberra Times. According the FFMA annual report, $8.1 million was paid in bonuses last year to 90 employees for an average payment ...

Senate Committee forced to delay tabling of ASIC report

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... of 468 submissions from consumers and industry stakeholders; and it has conducted five public hearings in Sydney and Canberra. Read all Financial Standard coverage of the ASIC inquiry here

Challenger makes senior Fidante Partners appointment

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... Tempo Asset Management. Fidante Partners' boutiques operate from locations in London, Singapore, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney. Its funds under management have risen sharply from $4.5 billion in 2010 to $34.7 billion today.

NAB and ABS employees arrested for insider trading fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... have been arrested in a case of insider trading. They will appear this afternoon in front of the Magistrate Court in Canberra and in Melbourne to face charges of insider trading and abuse of public office. The charges follow a joint investigation of ...