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ASX flags concerns over losing single operator status

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... facilities for the same securities, every other major equity market has single facilities. In a submission paper to the Council of Financial Regulators' on competition for equity market clearing and settlements, the ASX claimed its important for policy ...

Legal challenges face default super inquiry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... recommending default super funds in modern awards could lead to worker legal action against the Commonwealth. The Law Council of Australia issued the warning at public hearings held by the Productivity Commission (PC) last week. Minter Ellison partner ...

Climate change already an insurance risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... euphemistic term for policy claims payments) incurred since 2011, according to figures available from the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA). These payments are likely to increase if a 2005 analysis prepared by the IAG Natural Hazards Research unit ...

Super fund support for carbon tax

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
The Australian Council of Super Investors has broadly supported the government's new carbon tax that came into effect yesterday, labelling it a practical policy measure that will address long-term investment risk for fund members. In a submission to ...

Gonski to join APS board

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... His philanthropic involvement with the arts has extended to acting at various times as chairman for the Australian Council of the Arts, president of the board of trustees of the Art Gallery of NSW, chair of the National Institute of Dramatic Art and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 33 points at 4,105. In economic news on Tuesday, Business Council of Australia president Tony Shepherd is among the speakers at a CEDA event on the topic of improving productivity. In equities ...

AIST appoints new president

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... said Fiona Reynolds, chief executive of AIST. Noonan, who is also chair of Media Super and president of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), will continue to play an active role at AIST as chair of the Institute's policy committee ...

Market solutions favoured in OTC derivative reform

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
The Council of Financial Regulators has recommended a preference for market-led solutions, in part driven by appropriate regulatory incentives to comply with a G20 commitment on OTC derivatives. The Government released the consultation paper yesterday ...

Report questions infra investment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2012
... underinvestment in infrastructure. The review calls into question the efficiency of funding allocations a week after the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Reform Council found none of Australia's capital cities fully met state and federal infrastructure ...

ASIC appoints new commissioner

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... services, accounting and audit and policy development at the commission during this time. Price is also a member of the Council of Financial Regulators, the co-ordinating body for Australia's main financial regulatory agencies. Bernie Ripoll, Parliamentary ...