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PJC to hold TASA hearing tomorrow

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... industry bodies have until June 14 to file them. A full report will be tabled to the Parliament on June 17, ahead of the final voting in the Senate later this month. The PJC intends to look at the grey areas of the bill and is expected to debate over ...

Greens hold the key to TASA in Senate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... incorporation of financial planners into the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) and if the bill is approved, the key to the final voting in the Senate could be in the hands of the Greens. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... its split into separate publishing and broadcast businesses. Its shares were down 68 cents at $33.36, while News Corp non-voting stock was down 59 cents at $33.25.

It doesn't compute

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... Hilsenrath's mole at the Fed). I don't know how much weight to give to their expositions considering that they're both not voting members of the FOMC this year. Too, their prescription goes against the grain of the FOMC voters' promise to keep monetary ...

First Super to take action over JPM governance concerns

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... billion industry fund said it would contact its international equity managers within the next few days to determine its voting position. These include Global Thematic Partners, BlackRock, Capital International and Orbis Global Equity Fund. "We think ...

PIF Action Group questions ASIC decision on Wellington

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... Wellington of hiring a group of actors to influence on an extraordinary general meeting of the PIF in 2011. "The combined voting power of the 200 non-members who were given 1,000 units each (200,000 units), would not have had an impact on the pool of ...

NGS launches 2013 scholarship program

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... winners will be featured on NGS Super's Facebook page where people can vote for the project that that they like best. "Voting will be open throughout September 2013, and the applicant who has the most 'votes' by the end of the month will be awarded a ...

Voting opens for the 2013 Rainmaker Excellence Awards

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
A record number of nominations have been received for the 2013 Rainmaker Excellence Awards. Voting opens today. Among the awards to be handed out are Rainmaker Marketer of the Year (Superannuation), Rainmaker Marketer of the Year (Investment Management) ...

Fed sorted easy, now for the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
... wasn't me. It was a greater mortal and his name is James: James Bullard, president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve and voting member of the Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC). In an interview with CNBC, he made it clear that, "Fed policy is very ...

US pension fund pulls gun investments

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... reflects a shift in sentiment towards gun control amongst Americans. The Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund board responded by voting to liquidate its investments in gun manufacturers. Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa yesterday called for the city's ...