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Academic questions Libs' super board independence policy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
The Coalition's plan to introduce stricter rules aimed at ensuring super fund board independence could be counterproductive, according to Sally Wheeler, professor of law at Queen's College, Belfast. Speaking at an event hosted by the Association of ...

Bowen and Cormann at odds over adviser enshrinement

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
The debate around the enshrinement of the term 'financial planner' has revealed division between Treasurer Chris Bowen and shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann. "An important priority for a re-elected Rudd Labor ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... per cent) at 3,599.79. Minutes of the July 30-31 meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee showed the Fed continued to debate the timing of pulling back its $US85 billion ($A94.31 billion) per month in bond-buying purchases. LONDON - European stocks ...

Aussie shares best in a generation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... rest turning $10,000 into $268,733 over the period. The research illustrates that whichever side of the active/passive debate you are, staying invested through market cycles pays over the long-term. "In the quest for better returns there is always the ...

Who do you trust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013

NTAA keen to establish referral relations with advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... questioned if consumers should trust them. "The wording of that statement was provocative because we wanted to encourage debate," he said. "But we wanted to bring the issue to the public forum. There are regulatory authorities concerned on the issues ...

Election too close to call

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... digested by conference delegates, the Financial Services Council (FSC) invited three leading political commentators to debate just that, and the rest of the big issues influencing this year's crucial election outcome. Former Liberal Senator and presenter ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... forum in Sydney. Meanwhile, Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury and opposition finance spokesman Mathias Cormann are due to debate tax issues at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney. In Australia, the market on Tuesday, closed higher, helped by soaring gold and ...

Clear as crystal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... federal fiscal policy will restrain economic growth over the next few quarters by more than we currently expect, or that the debate concerning other fiscal policy issues, such as the status of the debt ceiling, will evolve in a way that could hamper ...

Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... the revenue hole this will create in the budget by raising taxes elsewhere or limiting spending somewhere else. We can debate the pros and cons of this plan but only the ALP and the Coalition and the Greens would give two hoots about this at this juncture ...