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Election result to shape the industry: FPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013
... take on the financial services industry and if they will want to make amendments on FoFA or not," De Gori said. "If the Coalition wins and we have a new government, we are quite clear that they will fix the FoFA issue and they have committed to a financial ...

Investors demand more clarity on carbon exposures

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
... lobby group was supportive of best practice insights which have emerged from a recent report from the Global Investor Coalition on Climate Change, it said more must be done to make information available to unit holders. "It really is time that the investment ...

Abbott to announce levy details next week

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
Opposition leader Tony Abbott admits proposed business tax cuts for some companies will be offset by the coalition's paid parental leave levy. But Abbott says most will still be better off. Abbott has confirmed a coalition government will cut the company ...

Cormann commits to change in face of Labor moratorium

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... super certainty but refused to back a five-year moratorium on changes to the system. Bowen laid down a challenge to the Coalition yesterday to support its new proposal for a five year amnesty on any government making significant changes to the system ...

ASFA calls for clarity on Labor's super law freeze

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... confidence in super as a result of the constant changes." She said the government's announcement - combined with the Coalition's commitment to no "detrimental change" in superannuation policy - is "a move in the right direction towards bipartisan super ...

Labor promises five-year freeze on super tax

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann said Labor was "playing catch-up" with the Coalition's superannuation policy. However, Cormann said Labor's promise not to change super policy was "irresponsible". "A total commitment ...

The recession we are promised to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013

The good, the good and the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2013
... Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his government and his 'Abenomics' getting a thumbs up from Japanese voters. His ruling coalition won control in both chambers of the Japanese government over the next three-years, at the very least. The three arrows can ...

Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... elsewhere or limiting spending somewhere else. We can debate the pros and cons of this plan but only the ALP and the Coalition and the Greens would give two hoots about this at this juncture - oh sorry, they are already making so much noise about this. ...

Coalition signals super policy changes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013
The coalition has signalled that if it wins the 2013 federal election it will institute major reforms regarding how super funds appoint trustees while expecting funds to speed up how they pass on scale fee benefits. Paul Fletcher the federal member ...