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FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... clients. But what, exactly, are those clients looking for? According to REST Industry Super chief operating officer Andrew Howard, funds are searching for more than a good price. "On a fairly regular basis we review the insurance offer that we provide ...

OPINION: What to do with the Tax White Paper!

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... of submissions that have come into that. But the timing is something you have to consider carefully. When the Howard Government and Peter Costello did this it did take around about, Peter tells me, 18 months from start to finish through going through ...

New faces to lead financial services policy reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... "restore traditional Cabinet government." "The gold standard of good Coalition Cabinet government was during the Howard government and as you are aware, Arthur was at the centre of that as John Howard's chief of staff for over a decade," the Prime Minister ...

Greens strike pension test deal with coalition

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... who said pension payments will be redirected to those who most need income support. "The Greens opposed the Howard government changes to pensions back in 2007. Now we're restoring the system to ensure that everyone has a decent retirement," Di Natale ...

The Future Fund is not a super fund: Costello

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... does not tax the dividends of its wealth fund, the Future Fund." Another major difference is that, since the Howard government lost the 2007 election, no government has made a contribution to the Future Fund. This, Costello said, is because the Future ...

Climate induced GFC a 'very real' risk: Hewson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... carbon risk' by the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR). The report, written by ACCR research director Howard Pender, argues that the banks' current level of exposure to high-carbon industries, via lending activities, is akin to a ...

New laws bring aged care advice into the spotlight

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... cost of providing aged care and strengthen the sustainability of the system," Challenger technical services manager Sean Howard says in a technical whitepaper that outlines the main regulatory changes and the implications for advisers. Advisers should ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Budget speech 2014 -15

... greatest strengths as a nation is our capacity to innovate and invent. And our medical researchers have led the way, from Howard Florey to Sir Gustav Nossal and from Fiona Stanley to Ian Frazer. Australians have, through research and innovation, saved ...

Super needs a radical new solution to longevity: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... government is now finding out as it prepares for its first budget - is that tax changes introduced by former Prime Minister John Howard have allowed too many high income people to have access to the age pension. "We've got to get to 12% [contributions] ...