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ISA and FSC clash over super in awards debate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
The industry superannuation sector has spoken out against the government's plan to change the industrial awards system, following the release of a discussion paper by Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos yesterday. By opening up the process - and potentially ...

Government targets super in awards, board independence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos. Speaking at a breakfast hosted by the Financial Services Council, Sinodinos said the debate about independent directors had its origins in "historical conflicts", saying there had been a lot of "argy bargy" over ...

Actuaries Institute names new CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013

CB onslaught

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
Dull and boring or excitements galore. This is how I see this week's financial market activity Virginia - the week when major central banks dominate. We'll be given an intimate look at the debates and discussions on monetary policy at the US Federal ...

Super funds 'fair game' for activist scrutiny

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... fuels. According to AIST chief executive Tom Garcia, the disclosure requirements are only going to get more stringent. "The debate about transparency is over," he said. This fact, combined with the likely increase in global warming activism, suggests ...

Republicans vote that advisers have no best interest duty

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
In scenes reminiscent of Australia's looming political debate to wind back the adviser best interest duty, the Republican-dominated Congress in the US has voted for a bill that allows advisers to act without putting their clients' best interests first. ...

Trick or treat?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
We're back on the taper-go-round saddle Virginia. Would the Fed allow the green shoots of a December taper to grow roots - and again permeate to every nook and cranny of economics and finance -- and then treat us with a taper not as it did in September? ...

Investment still lagging despite confidence surge: RBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... at some point in the future will make the Australian dollar "lower than it is today." The Governor also referred to the debate about the potential existence of a property bubble in Australia. "The price rise that reverses an early decline probably it's ...

QE infinity anybody?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... that's why. The participation rate's down to 63.2% in September - the lowest since 1978 - from 63.6% in January. We could debate the reasons behind the drop in the participation rate but what matters more are the implications of the drop in the participation ...

There is fear in the market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013