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Speaker chaos could derail super reforms

... numbers currently 76 to 74, if a Labor member is made speaker and say a division (vote) were called while Kevin Rudd foreign affairs minister was out of the country at the same time as say the Treasurer was away at a G20 meeting or the defence minister ...

MLC Insurance on the hunt for new EGM

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
MLC Insurance has an opening for the top job after Andrew Hagger assumes the new role of corporate affairs and marketing executive for National Australia Bank. This follows news that Hagger moves to corporate affairs while Andrew Howard, general manager ...

Asgard improves custody and corporate actions capacity

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... visibility, allows advisers to fully participate in the growth of SMSFs and helps with managing compliance and keeping general affairs in order," continued Power. As part of the new facility, Asgard will provide all corporate action notifications and ...

FPA maintains stance on commission ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... commissions on investments. Luke Hartsuyker, shadow minister for financial services, superannuation, corporate law and consumer affairs, previously said moving to a fee for service structure wouldn't resolve conflicts of interest issues. Deen Sanders ...

Feeding the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... resulted in a hung parliament. It didn't help that China again raised its reserve requirement. Sure, this bad state of affairs could easily turn ugly -- if it hasn't already -- if left to its own devices. We can all extrapolate all the way down to the ...

Troubled Greece to freeze pensions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... income will largely be protected from the lower pension policy. In a joint statement, European Union Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn and IMF's Strauss-Kahn said they recognised the sacrifices that will have to be made by the Greek ...

HOSTPLUS and ME drop Melbourne Storm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
... National Rugby League (NRL), it has appointed Deloitte to conduct a forensic audit of the club's accounts and financial affairs. The breaches are believed to amount to $1.7 million over five years, according to the News Limited press release. Prior to ...

Co-contribs bungle is costing taxpayers: Hartsuyker

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... taxpayers at least $1 million, according to shadow minister, Luke Hartsuyker. Hartsuyker, shadow minister for consumer affairs, financial services, superannuation and corporate law, said taxpayers could be forced to pay for interest on the outstanding ...

Kill chicken, scare monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... Minister Stephen Smith could say in response to the verdict was that it seemed "very harsh". And even Opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Julie Bishop managed only a little stronger, "This would be an issue of great concern to many companies from ...

Military Super reforms under senate scrutiny

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... Federal Government - including the management merger of civilian and military schemes. The shadow minister for veterans' affairs, Louise Markus, and the shadow minister for defence science, Bob Baldwin is calling on interested individuals to have their ...