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India mutual funds reach A$149bn

ALICE URIBE | THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014

The government's announcement of a free trade agreement (FTA) with India that Prime Minister Tony Abbott proposes to conclude over the next 12 months will focus the attention of Australian money managers on India's AUD$149 billion mutual funds market. ...

ASX and Bank of China sign major agreement

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014

... Australian dollars and, in future, RMB. The signing of the agreement was attended by the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China. Elmer Funke Kupper, ASX managing director and CEO, said: "The ...

Ruble trouble

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014

Chances are there won't be any "shirt-fronting" happening in Beijing when Prime Minister Tony Abbott faces-off with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing this week. Tony doesn't have to, Russia's very own central bank have done it for him days ...

Arthur's back. Wait, no he's not

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT | FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014

... Treasury in this position. I think this is a very poor look," Mr Bowen told reporters in Sydney. He said Prime Minister Tony Abbott should have fixed the situation long ago. Errors aside, the banking and financial industry backed the government's new ...

Don't ditch the RET, instos tell Abbott

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014

A group of Australia's biggest institutional investors has written an open letter to Prime Minister Tony Abbott calling on him to maintain the Renewable Energy Target (RET). The call came from the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), a body which ...

SG freeze to hit young and low income earners hardest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014

... creation of a two-tier super system, with inequitable access to tax concessions depending on income." Prime Minister Tony Abbott defended his decision to freeze the SG on ABC's 7.30 last night, saying: "The SG levy comes out of workers' pockets, so by ...

Labor questions Murray, calls for another inquiry

LAURA MILLAN | WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014

... next two weeks. Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson revealed yesterday that he has written a letter to Prime Minister Tony Abbott, asking him to cast Murray aside from the chairmanship of the inquiry. "He was the CEO of the Commonwealth Bank until 2005 ...

Government still mulling response on Senate report

LAURA MILLAN AND AAP | THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014

... set up a Royal Commission to investigate cases of bad advice, fraud and document forgery within CBA, prime minister Tony Abbott said he won't be rushed into a further inquiry. Instead, he wants to first consider the report on the issue. Mum and dad investors ...

CBA needs to"lift its game": Treasurer

LAURA MILLAN | MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014

... government has not yet made its position public regarding the request for a Royal Commission. Last Friday, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that the government needs to "carefully consider" the Committee's 500-page report. "We do obviously have an inquiry ...

Government plays down support for royal commission

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014

... Committee's recommendation that there be a royal commission into Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the government would "carefully consider" the parliamentary committee report. However he remained non-committal over ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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