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Swan weighs in on currencies, promotes reform agenda

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
Speaking at the New York Stock exchange overnight, Treasurer Wayne Swan reaffirmed his commitment to growing the national retirement savings pool and weighed in on the currency wars that are threatening to envelop global capital markets. "If the global ...

Annual renewals protect investors: ISN

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010
Annual renewals will be a key element of the Future of Financial Advice reforms, and failure to implement these arrangements will see the reforms 'seriously compromised', according to the Industry Super Network. ISN this month released a briefing paper ...

Suncorp chair to retire

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
John Story, Suncorp chairman, intends to retire next year after the next board election. Story, in his latest chairman address, has expressed plans to stand in the next election to act as a guide to the new board before stepping down as chair in a year's ...

Spoiling for war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
It's a wrap! It's official! September 2010 is the man! Wall Street may have been down for the day but it produced the best September gain even before many of us were born. The S&P 500 index soared by 8.8 per cent in the month, the Dow jumped by 7.7 ...

Super tax breaks unaffordable: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
Australia can't afford the rising and inequitable cost of superannuation tax concessions, said Treasury in its Red Book briefing to the returned ALP government. Each election, Treasury prepares a briefing folder for both the government should they be ...

AXA Aus launches adviserweb

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
AXA Australia hopes to fast track the way practice principals and advisers access their clients' data through adviserweb, a new website that houses insurance, pension and investment data under one roof. Cam Cimino, AXA's general manager in digital business ...

FPA chair to step down in November

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
After three years at the helm of the Financial Planners Association, Julie Berry will be stepping down as chair in November. Berry, who began her three-year tenure in 2007 has decided not to put herself forward for re-election at the annual general ...

Liquidnet signs deal with Instinet

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
Liquidnet has formed a partnership with electronic trading provider Instinet to give Liquidnet clients access to the firm's buy side-only network through Newport 3 EMS. Lee Porter, head of Liquidnet Asia Pacific said the firm's connectivity with Instinet's ...

Speaker chaos could derail super reforms

Chaos engulfing the role of the speaker in Australia's hung parliament is significantly damaging the chances the government will be able to implement its superannuation and wealth management reform program. The latest confusion centres on accusations ...

Super back in the spotlight

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
After being largely overlooked during the election campaign and in the scramble to form government, Resources Minister Martin Ferguson has put superannuation policy firmly back in the political spotlight. The Minister called on mining companies and ...