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Banks to raise capital reserves

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... stresses, taking the total common equity requirements to 7 per cent. Reactions have been mixed with the American Bankers Association and other groups speaking out against the new proposal while some are relived that it was not more severe after analyst ...

Shorten takes on superannuation portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Bill Shorten, former Parliamentary secretary for disability services and AustralianSuper and Victorian Funds Management Corporation director, has been appointed minister for superannuation while former superannuation minister Chris Bowen takes on the ...

Securities lending back at pre-GFC levels

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... selling on equity prices raged within the industry. But Peter Martin, chairman of the Australian Securities Lending Association (ASLA), said those funds that did place temporary suspensions or restrictions on their securities lending programs have now ...

Let the lobbying begin

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... of what the government's agenda on superannuation might be. Deen Sanders, spokesperson for the Financial Planners Association (FPA), said the result was a "game changer", adding that the FPA will need to establish a wider dialogue, not just with the ...

Moving forward with Gillard

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... the independent members of parliament to support Prime Minister Gillard," said Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds, Australia (ASFA) "We urge an immediate implementation of several key aspects of public policy to ...

True Lies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
... equally (if not more) as bad. And also not when they've been found to be lying... a second time. Bloomberg quoted the Association of German Banks warning that Germany's 10 biggest banks may require an additional a,-105 billion in fresh capital to comply ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... interest rates at 1430 AEST. Other economic data due for release includes the Australian Industry Group-Housing Industry Association (HIA) performance of construction index (PCI) for August and the HIA's state and national outlook report for the June ...

ATO appoints integrity adviser

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... president of International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law from 2003 until 2008. Bugg has been president of the Bar Association of Tasmania, chairman of the Southern Legal Assistance Scheme and a member of the Council of the Law Society of Tasmania. ...

AustralianSuper wades into politics

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... independents to commit to implementing the increased superannuation guarantee." Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, commended the super fund's initiative. "AustralianSuper is the largest industry fund ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2010
... annual general meeting. In Perth, Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett addresses the Australian Pipeline Industry Association lunch on `Developing WA-Getting the Balance Right'. Miner Rio Tinto Ltd opens its Brockman 4 iron ore mine at Tom Price ...