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Government establishes superannuation fund for the Australian Defence Force (ADF)

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
The government will establish new superannuation arrangements for people joining the Australian Defence Force (ADF). As part of the new arrangements ADF members will be able to choose which superannuation fund they belong to and, for the first time ...

Pension age to rise 70 by 2035

JAMES FERNYHOUGH AND AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... 2019/20 - the biggest in the nation's history and focusing on roads. It said this initiative "has the potential to catalyse close to $40 billion of new infrastructure." "The Initiative will leverage a significant increase in private sector investment ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

Madam Speaker, I move that the Bill for the Budget be now read a second time. Our future depends on what we as a nation do today. For our children, for our seniors, for individuals, for families, for our disabled and for our frail, for all of us, the ...

FSI to focus on the technology challenge

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
Technology change and the challenges it represents to businesses is one of the main items that the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) will be looking at over the next weeks. "Technology is a key theme," FSI chair David Murray said during a speech to the ...

Beggars at war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... don't like what they see. The Australian dollar has risen by 4.5% against the US dollar to US$0.9349 (as at last Friday's close) from this year's low of US$0.8721 set last 24 January. Remember those calls for the A$ to drop to around US$0.66 back then? ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... updates and economic data, while the crisis in Ukraine continued to cloud sentiment. London's FTSE 100 lost 0.36 per cent to close at 6,814.57 points, while Germany's DAX 30 slid 0.27 per cent to 9,581.45 points and the CAC 40 in Paris dropped 0.66 per ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... "governing council is comfortable with acting next time". London's FTSE 100 index of top companies rallied 0.63 per cent to close at 6,839.25 points. Germany's DAX 30 jumped 0.90 per cent to finish at 9,607.40 points and the CAC-40 in Paris leapt 1.37 ...

Zurich moves on from group insurance

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... withdrawn from the group life insurance sector, acknowledging that it lacks the scale to penetrate the market. The insurer will close its book to new mandates and it will cut two jobs as a result. A Zurich spokesperson told Financial Standard that group ...

AMP wealth management cashflows up 72%

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
AMP's wealth management net cashflows jumped 72% in the first quarter to $363 million, up from $211 million for the same period last year. AMP's North platform was a key growth driver of the rise with $1 billion in net cashflows for the quarter, the ...

NAB wealth division reports flat earnings

LAURA MILLAN AND AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
The National Australia Bank (NAB) wealth division has reported flat earnings in the first results following the appointment of Cameron Clyne as chief executive. NAB Wealth cash earnings were $174 million for the half year ending on March 2013, the company ...