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Fresh directions for super: ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... group will give us the opportunity to [present] our stuff," said Vamos. Vamos added that ASFA would be conferring with Senator Nick Sherry and the government about the governance around SMSFs, particularly on the subject of education, minimum amounts ...

Why only bank fees in government sights?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... complaints hotline, nationally funded consumer education services, and a regulator-led industry review of entry and exit fees. Senator Nick Sherry's regulatory taskforce may only have a small number of people on it but it could end up being one of the ...

Interest rates - when economics meets politics

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... government should put inflation guarantees into any new post-WorkChoices industrial relations legislation rewrite. But Senator Fielding from Family First seem to set the media bloggers most ablaze yesterday with his call yesterday that governments should ...

CommInsure tracks lost super

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
... Nick Sherry, recently calling for an automatic rollover system to help reduce the number of unclaimed super accounts. Senator Sherry has urged the Federal Government to consider implementing the rollover of lost accounts into a member's last known active ...

Clinton plans pension system overhaul

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007
Senator Hillary Clinton has announced plans for a new pension scheme, which takes a leaf out of the Australian superannuation system, as part of her 2008 presidential election campaign. Senator Clinton's American Retirement Accounts (ARA) plan will ...

Battle lines drawn over defence force super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
... the superannuation interests of Australia's Defence Force personnel. Yesterday ALP shadow superannuation spokesperson Senator Nick Sherry and shadow spokesperson for defence personnel Alan Griffins released a statement accusing the Government's Better ...

Surplus surpluses and soaring profits

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
... further by favourable economic indicators. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Chairman of the Banking Committee, Senator Chris Dodd, have agreed to pull out all the stops to restore stability, however US stocks continued to behave erratically ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... Australian Performance of Construction Index (PCI) for May will be released today. In other news, Communications Minister Senator Helen Coonan will address a lunch of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia - the topic being the future of ...

Fidelity responds to Darfur campaign

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
Fidelity Investments is beginning to divest its Sudanese holdings following pressure from interest groups that include the Save Darfur Coalition (SDC) which launched an aggressive TV, mobile billboard and transit station advertising campaign criticising ...

New Jersey Govt spends teachers' future fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
... finance a Fibre To The Node (FTTN) broadband network in Australia. The Federal Minister for Finance and Administration, Senator Nick Minchin, described the policy as "reckless and irresponsible" and the Treasurer claimed the ALP would be dipping into ...