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Super to engender securitisation 'rebirth': Brogden

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... second only to the UK in terms of the percentage of home ownership in the world. And I'd like to say Australians would do anything before we'd default on our mortgage. "So superannuation, looking for a strong investment, we don't want to be banks, so ...

ECB to stay in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... to do. At least, not on 8 May when the ECB's governing council next meets. Then again, perhaps it might not need to do anything. As Draghi explained early last month, "While inflation will remain low for a prolonged period, we see it gradually rising ...

AstuteWheel launch estate planning tool

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... AstuteWheel services and it doesn't require the adviser to be an estate planning specialist, as "it is not recommending anything, it is only a fact-finding process," Egger said. AstuteWheel is used by about 300 advisers across 44 dealer groups and the ...

ICAC grills Sinodinos on $20 million inducement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... company," he said, adding: "Don't you think they were entitled to know the full position, given your role apart from anything else as president of the Liberal Party?" Sinodinos said: "It never occurred to me that that needed to be done." He argued that ...

Incoming NAB CEO to look at "legacy issues"

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... more time with my family and I'll be spending more time in the UK than I did last year. I'm certainly never going to do anything that competes with NAB and I am a passionate advocate for it (the bank)." At the same conference Thorburn commented on the ...

Gonski questions concept of board independence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... to find someone who is genuinely independent, "you've got to go out into the park and find somebody who has never done anything in their lives." Adressing an audience of not-for-profit super fund trustees, Gonski avoided taking an explicit position on ...

Assistant Treasurer Sinodinos to stand aside amid ICAC inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... However this morning, Attorney-General George Brandis said that there were no specific examples of Senator Sinodinos doing anything improper with regards to AWH. "They should put up or shut up before they smear the reputation of a man who is a greater ...

Senate pushes for Sinodinos to explain corruption allegations

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... account." However Attorney-General George Brandis said that there were no specific examples of Senator Sinodinos doing anything improper with regards to AWH. "They should put up or shut up before they smear the reputation of a man who is a greater Australian ...

Action!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... what I wrote on this space yesterday, wet its pants and therefore followed my suggestion that, "It must do something, anything... and now." Sure, sure pigs also fly. And did I just hear you doing a Darryl Kerrigan (The Castle), "tell Ben he's dreaming"? ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
... conclusion of its monetary policy meeting. Expectations are for it to do nothing. I beg to disagree. It must do something, anything and now. So does the Abe government... by deferring the lifting of the consumption tax for one and shooting the third ...