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Super result for retirement savings: IFSA

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) said it welcomed the announcements contained in the 2004/2005 Federal Budget highlighting a major boost to long-term savings. ISFA chief executive officer Richard Gilbert said the increased co-contribution ...

Super Focus on Budget release

... to include widespread changes to the current superannuation regime. The Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Association of Superfunds in Australia have both released papers ahead of tomorrow night's Federal Budget release in an effort to influence ...

Shareholders, super funds welcome Walter's decision to exit NAB board

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2004
... integrity of a PricewaterhouseCoopers investigation into a rogue currency trading scandal. Australian Shareholders Association chairman John Curry said he was relieved to finally see the debacle come to an end. "It's been a battle of power and ego," ...

Living standards predicted to fall

... otherwise be - the equivalent of $130 billion a year in today's terms, according to a report released last week by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia. The report claimed that the government's Intergenerational Report of 2002 covered ...

ASEAN nations to push for FTA with Australia

... ministers, meeting for one day in Singapore, will also recommend the leaders of Australia and New Zealand attend the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) annual summit in Laos this year. The declaration from the economics ministers that they ...

NAB to change external auditor

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2004
... auditor at the end of the current financial year. Audit committee chairman John Thorn said the bank is ending its long association with KPMG, which came under fire from the prudential regulator which looked into the rogue trading scandal. "We have decided ...

Retail spending growth stalls in March: Cashcard

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 APR 2004
... Cashcard said. The index shows that the trend to a slow down in consumer spending continues. The Australian Retailers Association's Stan Moore said he believes last year's interest rate rises were having an effect on consumers, curbing spending. Growth ...

ASA calls for independent to chair NAB EGM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2004
The Australian Shareholders Association (ASA) wants an independent person to chair the bank's extraordinary general meeting which has been called to dump dissident director Cathy Walter. The ASA said there would be a serious risk of continuing unrest ...

ASX Perpetual acquires Pitcher Partners

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2004
... business, Pitcher Partners. Pitcher Partners Queensland is an independent member of the national Pitcher Partners association and has a strong position in the Queensland market, with more than 100 clients, ASX Perpetual said. Most Pitcher Partners clients ...

FPA projects $2 million deficit, plans to scrap education services

Preparation for the Financial Services Reform Act has been very costly for the Financial Planning Association (FPA), chairman Steve Helmich revealed yesterday. Releasing unaudited half-year results, the FPA projected a deficit of $2 million for the ...