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J.P. Morgan and Future Fund ties at robo-adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... investment adviser Six Park have recruited former Future Fund general manager Paul Costello and former Federal Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner to the investment advisory board. Six Park co-founder and advisory board chair Brian Watson said the firm's ...

Look up in the sky, it's the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... down 16.9% so far this year. So what's Japan to do? So far verbal intervention hasn't worked. Just last week, finance minister Aso declared that sharp currency movements are undesirable while chief Cabinet secretary Suga warned that Japan would act if ...

VicSuper creates climate change committee

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
VicSuper has established a climate change and investments steering committee to form its strategy around managing climate change risk across the superannuation fund's investment portfolio. In a letter to members, VicSuper chief executive Michael Dundon ...

MYEFO writes down billions in super fund taxes

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... and higher than expected losses relating to foreign exchange movements. Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said lower company profits are assumed to flow through to lower Australian equity prices, "therefore reducing ...

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... quarter in quarter out, warn about the coming Australian recession. The latest outing of which was former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis' statement to Fairfax Media just two days ago. "There will be a recession in Australia, because of the collapse ...

The GFC is still among us: Varoufakis

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
Greece's former Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, spoke recently in Sydney and argued that economic unrest in China is a sign that "the GFC is still with us." Speaking at a Macquarie Graduate School of Management event in Sydney, Varoufakis said that ...

ASX jumps "despite" naughty news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... comments with yesterday's SMH news headline, "'Australia headed for recession': Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek finance minister". I must confess I'm stumped. As "mitch of ACT" writes, commenting on the SMH's "Markets Live" section, "So does anybody have ...

FSI and tax response "close to completion": Morrison

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... completion," despite the recent Liberal spill and cabinet reshuffle. Morrison addressed the media along with Finance Minister Mathias Cormann and also confirmed that "there has been no change to the tax white paper process at all." The Treasurer's statement ...

New faces to lead financial services policy reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... economy, finance and business ministries. Social Services Minister Scott Morrison was appointed Treasurer, while Finance Minister Mathias Cormann kept his role and was also appointed deputy Senate leader. A number of industry organisations told Financial ...

Turnbull expected to dust off shelved policies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... far Turnbull goes in reshuffling the cabinet. A replacement of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer or the Finance minister would likely delay the process, as the incoming ministers would have to get familiar with the industry and the policy issues ...