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$10bn CEFC fund gets govt mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... the later stages of development and take a long term outlook when setting its investment strategy. It was part of Prime Minister Julia Gillard's July 2011 announcement on the government's plan for a clean energy future. The CEFC has set its mission to ...

Boston Bombs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... March, and; a fall in daily crude steel output. But if you think about it, Wen may have retired but new Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang is making sure Wen still gets what Wen wants -- that of a 7.5% GDP growth and that of shifting China's growth driver ...

Missing the forest for the trees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... 3.2% in the previous month - lower than expectations for a 2.4% gain. And what a fine time it is for Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to score a "strategic partnership" with it, don't you think? And oh, Australian businesses will also now be able ...

Super debate heats up ahead of Budget

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... high-profile inthe public because of its earlier lobbying work for environmental causes, is reacting to comments made by prime minister Julia Gillard that super should be made "fair" and "sustainable", clearly placing the country's retirement system ...

Centric Wealth appoints new board member

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... awarded an Officer in the Order of Australia in the 2003 Queen's Honour list, the Centenary Medal from the Australian Prime Minister in 2003 and in 2009 was Knighted by Pope Benedict XVI, for contributions to the Catholic Church and World Youth Day. ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
The Australian sharemarket has opened almost 1.5 per cent weaker as former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's strong electoral showing sparked fears of eurozone instability. At 1026 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 75.1 ...

Don't meddle with super industry bodies warn Govt

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... attending last night's gala dinner at the SPAA conference in Melbourne also received an unsolicited letter from the prime minister Julia Gillard endorsing SPAA's efforts to champion the benefits of SMSFs.

Stop using super as political pawn: Narev

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... reforms if they win the election. Today shadow assistant treasurer Mathias Cormann entered the fracas by suggesting prime minister Julia Gillard "should stop treating peoples' retirement savings like an ATM to fund her wasteful spending." Narev suggested ...

$18 billion super tax 'honey-pot' by 2020

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... settings." Amidst intense speculation over potential changes to superannuation tax concessions that have followed Prime Minister Julia Gillard's announcement of a Federal Election date last week, Brogden also warned politicians that superannuation is ...

Back-off super: FSC missive to Canberra

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... executive John Brogden this morning hit out at politicians, saying: "We want both sides to leave super alone." Since Prime Minister Julia Gillard set a Federal Election date last week, speculation has abounded over the respective policy changes that ...