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Limbo of uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... the light of day if, or when, KRudd beats Tony Abbott at the coming elections (whenever that may be). I wonder what else K Rudd has up his sleeves? And this is the point, until the elections are held and a new government is elected to provide policy ...

Is that a fiscal stimulus I smell?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... that "there is a transition to manage". "It is what Hawke and Keating did in the 1980s and 1990s, it is what the Rudd government did in the global financial crisis more successfully than any other advanced economy." Can't wait for my handouts. Whoopsie ...

Super industry leaders weigh up Rudd's new cabinet

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
Following the announcement of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's new cabinet yesterday, Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann claimed Rudd was "downgrading" the superannuation portfolio. However, Pauline Vamos, chief executive ...

New Treasurer Bowen takes control of financial services and super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... his responsibilities as treasurer. Previously a separate portfolio with a separate minister (Shorten), Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has now put financial services and superannuation directly under the control of Treasury. Bowen will bring relevant experience ...

FSC lobbies Rudd for last minute FoFA delay

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has asked new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for a last-minute delay to the commencement of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) and StrongerSuper reforms. Due to begin on July 1, the FSC has lobbied for a 12-month delay ...

Next government to reconsider super taxes: Grattan Inst

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
Bringing the commonwealth budget into structural surplus will require the next government to be very different to the Rudd-Gillard and Howard governments, and this will inevitably force a review of superannuation taxes, argued the Grattan Institute ...

Coalition wants fund governance changes: Fletcher

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... would implement superannuation governance reforms recommended by the Cooper Review, which he said "have been ignored by the Rudd-Gillard Government." These would include making directors who want to sit on more than one superannuation board prove to ...

Find super savings in public sector: Sherry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
Former Rudd-government minister for superannuation Nick Sherry has advocated scrapping remaining defined benefit schemes for public servants and finding necessary savings by reducing public sector contributions instead of making cuts to broader super ...

Ernst & Young appoints Nick Sherry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
Former Rudd-government Minister for Superannuation and former senator Nick Sherry will join Ernst & Young's superannuation practice in the capacity of senior advisor. Working with Ernst & Young's national superannuation leader Maree Pallisco, Sherry ...

Waiting and hoping

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2011
... maybe not that much but the point is it would have been better targeted. The proof in the pudding is then Australian PM Kevin Rudd's A$900 handout to every Australian man, woman and child. Sure there was China and the rest of Asia, and RBA rate cuts ...