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New Treasurer Bowen takes control of financial services and super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... of his responsibilities as treasurer. Previously a separate portfolio with a separate minister (Shorten), Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has now put financial services and superannuation directly under the control of Treasury. Bowen will bring relevant experience ...

Shorten loses superannuation portfolio

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... workplace relations portfolio but is no longer Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, following Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's announcement of his new cabinet. He has been given responsibility for school education following his last minute ...

Ready for another take off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... tapering - lesser stimulus but still stimulus nonetheless - but also an interest rate hike. Things have changed since then. Kevin is again Australia's PM. Oh sorry, wrong page. As I've written before, the Fed has again deployed its presidents to neutralise ...

FSC lobbies Rudd for last minute FoFA delay

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has asked new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for a last-minute delay to the commencement of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) and StrongerSuper reforms. Due to begin on July 1, the FSC has lobbied for a 12-month delay ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... worries might have subsided, with strong gains posted on Wednesday. Rivkin global analyst Tim Radford said he did not think Kevin Rudd's mere return as Australian Prime Minister would affect markets on Thursday, but his communication on policy might. ...

Once more from the top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... disappointing rate going forward". Taper on...hold. Back home, you can't call yourself a fair dinkum Aussie if you missed Kevin's sweet revenge. He's finally got the knife to stick and kicked Julia's behind off not only from the prime minister's chair ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... The US Commerce Department slashed its estimate for first-quarter growth from 2.4 per cent to 1.8 per cent and, locally, Kevin Rudd won back the Labor leadership from Prime Minister Julie Gillard in a caucus vote on Wednesday night. In economic news ...

Advisers should facilitate philanthropic giving

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... philanthropy, according to the Opportunity Donor Survey 2012. Opportunity International board member and financial planner Kevin Bailey said that philanthropic giving should not be seen as something that only wealthy people can do. "I would really like ...

It'll be on 18 September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... prominence the day dear Uncle Ben testified before the Joint Economics Committee last month when its head and Texas Republican Kevin Brady asked, "So, are you going to tighten by Labor Day?" And he replied, "If we see continued improvement in the labour ...

Fed speaks Fedspeak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... too. It only became Fedspeak when Bernanke spoke and replied to Texas Republican and head of the Joint Economics Committee Kevin Brady's question: "So, are you going to tighten by Labor Day?" "If we see continued improvement in the labour market and ...