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FSU secretary and executive reach impasse

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... executive is reported to be meeting today and is likely to discuss Jordan's position. On Wednesday, Jordan published an open letter on the FSU website and suggested that in the past 13 months there had been several blocks to proposed changes. "The efforts ...

Financial services industry unites for marriage equality

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... equality. A total of 562 organisations, among which are Australia's top financial services businesses, have signed an open letter of support to marriage equality ahead of the Parliament vote, set to happen in two weeks' time. Australian Marriage Equality ...

CFA Societies wants industry professionals to swear oath

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... the sorts of dubious practices that led to the financial crisis and the recent financial planning scandals. In an open letter to the treasury signed by the presidents of the Sydney, Melbourne and Perth chapters of CFA Societies - Anthony Serhan, Kate ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... got a lift from the latest call from activist Carl Icahn for more share buybacks from Apple. Icahn told Apple in an open letter he believes its shares are worth $US240 ($A298.45). That sent the largest US company by market capitalisation up 1.1 per cent ...

Forward guidance at its best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... even decline below that. "The near-term weakness means that it is more likely than not that I will have to write an open letter to the Chancellor in the next six months on account of the inflation rate falling below 1%." Got it? There won't be any lift-off ...

Instos get serious about climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
... Capital, AustralianSuper, Colonial First State, BT Group, UniSuper, HESTA, Cbus and BlackRock - also wrote Tony Abbott an open letter calling for the Renewable Energy Target (RET) to be upheld. It appeared as a full-page ad in the Australian Financial ...

Don't ditch the RET, instos tell Abbott

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
A group of Australia's biggest institutional investors has written an open letter to Prime Minister Tony Abbott calling on him to maintain the Renewable Energy Target (RET). The call came from the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), a body which ...

Industry leaders urge Abbott to keep super rebate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... industry executives have urged the government to go ahead with the low-income superannuation contribution (LISC) in an open letter to the Prime Minister. Signatories include well-known super fund bosses such as HOSTPLUS's David Elia, Cbus's David Atkin ...

Sinodinos aims at "fixing the messes" inherited from Labor

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... is to minimise complexity that stimulates the demand for expensive accounting, legal and tax advice," he said in an open letter. Commenting on his appointment as Assistant Treasurer, he said that "having previously worked in the Treasury and the Finance ...

Gina Rinehart offers olive branch

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... to an end, a court has heard. Ms Rinehart's barrister, David Russell QC, told the Supreme Court on Monday that the "open letter" was to John Hancock and Bianca Rinehart, two of her four children. The letter, which was handed over this morning, states ...