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'Tis the season to be bubbly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013

Ripoll rips into Abbott government's 'amateurism'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
The Abbott government's attempt to take credit for Labor's SuperTICK initiative is "laughable and outrageous", according to Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bernie Ripoll. Ripoll's comments were in response to a media release ...

LUCRF to assess climate change investment risks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... recently sign up to the Carbon Asset Risk (CAR) initiative, a group of global investors putting pressure on the world's top 35 coal, gas, oil and energy companies to assess and disclose the financial risks of climate change. LUCRF is one of a handful ...

Parliament to address large financial services agenda

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
The 44th Parliament, which began its first sitting today, is set to address a number of relevant issues affecting the financial services industry. Treasury expects that the Parliament will announce the terms of reference and the panel members for the ...

Government to amend FoFA by the end of year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013

Cap scrap leaves tax abuses unanswered

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
The financial services industry has welcomed the removal of the self-education expense deductions, but the measure leaves concerns about taxpayers' abuse of the system unanswered. The Labor government introduced a cap of $2,000 on tax deductibility ...

Government removes self-education cap

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
The Coalition government has removed the cap on tax deductibility of self-education expenses introduced by the Labor government in July. "With the vast bulk of claims for self-education expenses coming from those earning less than $80,000, this was ...

Super funds 'fair game' for activist scrutiny

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... campaigning organisation." Lewis said that funds may come under particular pressure around their investments in fossil fuels and coal. "I think the collapse in dealing with climate change on a political level means that the activists are going to find ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... Bradstreet business expectations survey. In equities news, Westpac is expected to post full year results, while Whitehaven Coal and Navitas have annual general meetings scheduled. In Australia, the market on Friday was dragged lower by the big miners ...

CBA could face legal action over Operation Lantern

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) may have broken the law when commissioning a security firm to conduct Operation Lantern, a surveillance operation on anti-banking lobbyist Michael Fraser. Fraser was followed and photographed by private investigators from ...