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PM Gillard makes wealth reforms more likely

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... that planners charge from one to three years). Moreover, the influence of Dr. Ken Henry, who is widely seen as close to Kevin Rudd, may wane. Whichever way it goes, both the short and long game for financial services industry associations just got more ...

Waiting to see

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... the globe discuss the fate of us mere mortals. But before that, we Australians have a developing uncertainty of our own. Kevin Rudd is no longer PM. Ms. Julia Gillard becomes Australia's new PM and its first femme Prime Minister. What happens to Labour's ...

Investors turn to rev mortgages for income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... mortgage to provide extra income, instead of using the extra funds to refurbish their house or go on holidays, a report found. Kevin Conlon, chief executive at the Senior Australians Equity Release (SEQUAL), said there's been a significant move away ...

AMP expands Qld team for IFAs and Alliances

AMP RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
AMP has appointed former ING head of sales Kevin Canning and former authorised rep for Millenium 3 Financial Services to join the group's Queensland operations. Canning joins as regional leader, business development manager, Queensland and Reece Foster ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... with a session on the government's response to the Henry tax review, with Assistant Treasurer Nick Sherry and SA Treasurer Kevin Foley. In Australia on Tuesday, the share market reversed from recent losses to close higher, driven by bargin hunting among ...

Great disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... markets brought this onto themselves. How would you feel if you expected a night out with Jennifer Hawkins and got one with Kevin Rudd instead? Ok, bad joke... only because some may actually, really, truly prefer a night out with KRudd... at Hooters. ...

New mining tax is miners' own idea

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... in the joint venture arrangement." The MCA being the architect of the 'super profits tax' does not excuse Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's initial difficulty in explaining how the tax restructure would work, but it does highlight that the current political ...

PM repeats calls to make Australia a fin services hub

At an industry forum yesterday, the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd talks about the next wave of superannuation reforms and the critical role the financial services sector play in the national economy. He said the reforms are the most significant set of reforms ...

Sell in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... costs for these countries. Economic growth suffers, the equity market suffers, commodity markets suffer (oops there goes Kevin Rudd's 40 per cent Resources Super Profits Tax), then contagion... then everybody suffers. GFC mark II is born. It's so easy ...

MySuper proposal ignites storm

ALEX DUNNIN AND RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... response to the Ripoll advice practices review and the increasingly controversial Henry taxation review. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's difficulties in negotiating his hospital reform package, following his failure to implement the CPRS in 2009, suggest ...