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Pres Obama proposes sweeping regulatory reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
To plug regulatory gaps that the Whitehouse believes precipitated the GFC, President Obama has proposed the biggest change to financial oversight since the New Deal. Central to the reforms are the creation of a Financial Oversight Council that will ...

IFSA launches superannuation Charter

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
A new Super Charter launched by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA), akin to an investor bill of rights, looks set to redefine wealth management industry practices. The "historic charter [will] create a fairer and more competitive ...

Super is a good idea but needs fixing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
Superannuation is a good idea but the design of the system to implement it is regressive and flawed, argues Julian Disney, social justice law professor and long time researcher and campaigner on equity issues. Disney said the difficulty is that while ...

Superannuation wins in Cabinet reshuffle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
Superannuation is now, for the first time, included in Federal Cabinet following a major ministerial reshuffle that saw Chris Bowen promoted to Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law and Minister for Human Services. Indicating ...

Working mothers caught in tax snafu

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
A study revealing that low income mothers pay the highest tax rates highlights how the economic spotlight now on income-tax distribution in Australia is turning into a blowtorch. University of Sydney professor of public economics Patricia Apps has released ...

AIG Hong Kong begins rebrand strategy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
American International Assurance Company (AIA Group) in Hong Kong is beginning its long awaited rebrand strategy, a move expected to involve subsidiaries across the region. The objective of the rebrand is to demonstrate separation from AIG in the US ...

Fed's unfunded liabilities balloon to $80bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
Federal unfunded superannuation liabilities have jumped 75 per cent in less than a decade, putting pressure on the government's Future Fund strategy to contain the fiscal blow out. The figures, contained in the latest Mercer analysis from the Department ...

APRA to monitor investment options

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
APRA is continuing plans to ramp up its data collections, in particular to collect performance data on individual investment options. To refine its approaches the regulator has issued another discussion paper on how it should be done, how it should ...

Unions attack retirement age change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
Just as leading Unions have stepped up their battle against lifting the retirement age, the government has been forced to dismiss their claims for special rules for manual workers labelling them unfair. The Australian newspaper today reported that the ...

Nooo Commission strips trailing fees off home loans

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... launched by Senator Helen Coonan, shadow minister for Finance, Competition Policy and Deregulation. She was supported by Alex Hawke, Federal Minister for Mitchell.