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Economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
Prime Minister John Howard has announced a range of measures aimed at easing the impact of the fuel crisis bought about by rising crude oil prices, tensions in the Middle East and the increasing demands by the industrial expansion in China and India. ...

Sherry wins Labor votes with simple super plan

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2006
... Labor would address the industry's current difficulties with super switching and poor disclosure practices, attacking the Howard Government's reforms, which he said were largely to blame for consumer confusion over the issue. "FSR disclosure is a dud ...

Labor unveils plan to export financial services

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2006
... that total Asian AUM could be invested offshore over the next 20 years. But he said current export growth rates under the Howard government have been in rapid decline from the period of 1996 to 2000, as compared against those between 1983 to 1996, when ...

Another Elm associate banned by ASIC

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
... also banned from operating in the financial services industry. Andrew Terracini of the ACT was banned for seven years and Howard Young of NSW and Robert Kay of NSW were banned from operating a company for five years. "Industry players who deliberately ...

Snowy Hydro not for sale

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2006
... media coverage and was expected to easily achieve a full subscription on its initial public offering (IPO). Prime Minister Howard said the government was now opposed to the sale. "The decision to sell has created a lot of unhappiness in the Australian ...

Labor launches 6-point super plan

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2006
... his six point plan at the conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) in Queensland yesterday. Beazley said under the Howard Government lost superannuation has blown out from $5.5 billion to $8.2 billion in five years while tax on super has jumped ...

Qld to dominate Future Fund board of guardians

... or directly invest in projects, and all fund earnings will be reinvested into the Future Fund until Prime Minister John Howard retires in 2020. Even though direct investments are precluded, the Future Fund is nonetheless expected to be very interested ...

AMP Capital Investors looks to India and Asia

... liberalisation, but there is still more work to do," Sehgal said. These sentiments are further supported by Prime Minister Howard's current trade tour of India and his remarks that the emerging liberalisation and affluence of India offers substantial ...

Minchin weighs in on super tax cut debate

... cement his claim to stay in the Finance portfolio with a view to taking a tilt at the Treasurer's post should Prime Minister Howard vacate the leadership within the next few years. But politics aside, a major reason for the Minchin conversion is that ...

Super splitting to go ahead in new year

Couples can now plan their superannuation together, as the Howard Government passed the long awaited splitting superannuation bill through senate on Friday night. The bill is expected to allow contributions made on or after January 1, 2006 to be split ...