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Super advocates urge caution on age access

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... Treasurer Joe Hockey has hinted the government could change the age at which people could access their super, but Prime Minister Tony Abbott quickly moved to rule out making changes any time soon. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

Treasurer signals major superannuation shake up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... promoting a culture of more self-reliance among future retirees. "[Superannuation] is on my mind, it's on [Prime Minister] Tony Abbott's mind. We're thinking about how we're going to make retirement incomes policy sustainable," said Hockey. The Treasurer's ...

OMFG! Australia could lose an A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... pay compensation for losses from complex investment securities." (AFR) Happily for S&P, its latest warning is in line with Tony and Joey's Budget agenda, else they'll be crying, "I'll see you in court... again!

IOOF secures strong advice channel with SFGA bid

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... Commonwealth Bank ($53bn). Major aligned players such as Westpac, NAB, Macquarie or ANZ would fall behind. SFGA managing director Tony Fenning described the business as a "wealth management and accounting services group that offers our clients an alternative ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

International media question Australia's "austerity budget"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... hit consumer confidence in an economy that is doing better than most of its counterparts. "Australia's first budget under Tony Abbott was either brave or foolhardy," BBC Sydney correspondent Jon Donnison wrote following Treasurer Joe Hockey's budget ...

Masseurs Tony and Joey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... been doing the rounds of the broadcast, print and cyber media over the past few weeks, it was a knife. I must give it to Tony and Joey - they're good masseurs. They endured being branded Pinocchios as "tough Budget speculations" got feverish - they let ...

Industry prepares for Abbott's first budget

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... eligibility, infrastructure and the deficit look likely to take prominent position in tonight's budget, described by Prime Minister Tony Abbott as bringing "pain with purpose." However, superannuation and financial services are expected to get off fairly ...

Promises promises and broken promises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... become necessary. And it might... be necessary... soon enough, particularly if next week's Budget turn out to be as tough as Tony and Joey telegraphed it to be. Already, consumer and business confidence have slowed in April and March, respectively - ...

No cut to age pension in this term: Abbott

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said there will be no change to the age pension in this term of parliament, putting an end to speculation that the pension would be cut back in next month's budget. However, the PM used his address to the Sydney Institute ...