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Malaysia opens doors to foreign fundies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
Australian fund managers looking to expand in Asia could soon put Malaysia on their watchlist, following Prime Minister Najib Razak's announcement yesterday allowing foreign fund managers to be "fully liberalised" in the country. Razak, in his most ...

Costello's Future Fund career over before it started

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
Short-lived speculation that former Liberal Party Treasurer Peter Costello was about to be appointed by the Labor government to a leading position in running the Future Fund shows the fund is still poorly understood, three years after its launch. Rumours ...

Unions attack retirement age change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... in the Budget, argue the Unions, whose voice is expected to carry significant influence in the ALP caucus. Tony Abbott, Liberal Party spokesperson for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, said while he supported the government's ...

Jobless rate in perspective

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... Your spending has not worked. But consider this, 'The Economist' printed edition dated 14 October 2004 discussed then Liberal Prime Minister John Howard's victory at the 9 October election of the same year against Mr. Mark Latham. 'For John Howard, a ...

Sherry attacks Hockey on super policy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... Minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry has called on new shadow treasurer Joe Hockey to drop the Liberal Party's "dangerous, uncosted and job-killing mess" of a superannuation policy. Prior to Hockey's appointment, the Opposition ...

ATO launches auditor software

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... website and is Microsoft Windows, Macintosh and Linux system compliant. The launch of this software follows a push from the Liberal Party and the SMSF Professionals Associations of Australia (SPAA) for accredited SMSF auditors. Chris Pearce, shadow minister ...

AustEthical director elected MLA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... the ACT Legislative Assembly. The ACT election was held last on 18th November but with neither the Labor Party or the Liberal Party winning a majority of seats, Le Couteur and her three fellow MLA-elect Greens colleagues are now being courted to see ...

This Week's Movers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... cent. This would take the annual rate of economic growth down to below 1 per cent - the lowest in more than six years. The Liberal Democratic Party's announcement of resigned Prime Minister Fukuda's successor on 10 September also has the potential to ...

Coalition doesn't support higher SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
Forcing people to put more money into superannuation is not something that sits easily with the Liberal Party's philosophy of freedom of choice, said Shadow Treasurer, Malcolm Turnbull. Speaking at yesterday's Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) ...

IFSA backs Chile FTA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) welcomed the Rudd Government's completion of a Free Trade Agreement with Chile, a destination previously only accessible by US companies. Richard Gilbert, IFSA chief executive, said the agreement ...