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Right to choice must balance costs of choosing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
... are also committed to ensuring that small business employers don't bear a disproportionate share of those costs," said Senator Mark Arbib, representing the government at today's Superannuation Governance Forum. But Chris Pearce, Shadow Minister for Financial ...

Indigenous Australians get fin lit boost

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, is meeting with Indigenous leaders and service providers in Far North Queensland and the Northern Territory to heighten residents' awareness of super and financial literacy. Senator ...

Is super sexist?

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... the fees to a chosen charity. The super fund's report on women follows minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry's comments on the possibility of removing contributions tax on super for women when they are on maternity leave ...

AvSuper unlikely to follow govt fund mergers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... Lindsay Tanner, minister for finance and deregulation, said the outcome would create a more efficient trustee operation. Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law, said the reforms to consolidate trustee boards of government ...

Advisors more important than ever: Sherry

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... the wealth and superannuation savings of Australians, according to the Minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry. Speaking at the Financial Planning Association of Australia National Conference 2008 yesterday, Senator Sherry ...

Three rich beggars

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2008
... does not include their other top executives and directors who also receive compensation in the millions. US Republican Senator Christopher Bond have another idea, telling these carmakers to take several measures before asking for taxpayers' money, and ...

Social investment MIS targets community projects

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... including a Housing Affordability Fund and a Fair Finance Fund. Foresters boasts among its directors Cheryl Kernot, former senator and Australian Democrats leader and Labor Party MP.

Trustees should adopt system-wide policies: Sherry

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
Superannuation minister Senator Nick Sherry urges trustees to adopt superannuation policies that will benefit the entire industry - dispelling the age-old notion that trustees only need to look after the welfare of their own members. Senator Sherry ...

WW opens pension info site

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... underscores the momentum behind financial literacy worldwide. This week, minister of superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced an insurance and superannuation resource ...

High school fin literacy for Aussies

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... and super will soon be explained to high school students via a new government and ASIC-led financial literacy resource. Senator Nick Sherry, minister of superannuation and corporate law and Tony D'Aloisio, Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...