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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... really worried about it, once it looks a little bit deeper into the numbers." In international news, Saudi Arabian opposition groups said they were preparing for a national "day of rage" on Friday, which is expected to see thousands of protesters take ...

Coalition introduces bill to abolish SG age limit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
The Coalition opposition is again testing its power on the floor of the hung parliament by introducing a bill to abolish the superannuation guarantee age limit. The government only wants to increase the SG age limit to 75 from its current level of 70 ...

Buy a toaster

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... excluding us - claim that China needs to grow no slower than 8.0 per cent or there'll be social unrest?); Ireland's main opposition party Fine Gael won the elections and is in talks with the Labour Party to form the new government - both want to rescind ...

Opposition slams opt-in policy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... 'fundamentally flawed'. Speaking to delegates on the final day of the SPAA conference in Brisbane, Cormann said that the opposition does not support the idea of clients having to resign contracts every year, which simply means more 'red tape'. Senator ...

Wall Street does an Abbott

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011

Government unveils response to Cooper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... these reforms though with the Senate changing composition mid next year the reforms are not expected to meet major opposition. More information on the Stronger Super package can be found at www.strongersuper.treasury.gov.au.

FPA defends turf, looks to HNW

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
... sensitive debates. Dante De Gori, the FPA's general manager of policy and government relations reiterated the FPA's opposition to intra fund advice, labelling it a consumer protection issue, and argued that problems with products should be dealt with ...

Opt in rules not up for debate

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... government relations, hinting that the organization was resigned to defeat on the issue. "The FPA has publicly stated its opposition to opt in, but if it is indeed to be implemented... we are looking at the ability of FPA members, held by a professional ...

Coalition still unconvinced on 12 pc SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... superannuation spokesperson and shadow assistant treasurer Senator Mathias Cormann has given the strongest signal yet that the opposition is unlikely to support lifting SG to 12 per cent. Senator Cormann said Bill Shorten, the Assistant Treasurer and ...

AFA promotes female advisers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... Female Adviser of the Year will be awarded at the 2011 conference with Kerry Chikarovski, former NSW Leader of the Opposition and the AFA's political strategist, as the award's patron. AFA chief executive Richard Klipin said women are the foundation ...