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CBA needs to"lift its game": Treasurer

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... within its financial planning businesses and the Senate investigation "appallingly." Hockey spoke this weekend at the Liberal Party's federal council, which took place in Melbourne. "I think the bank's got to lift its game," he told journalists, and ...

Hockey signals pension age might climb to 70

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... raising it another three years should not be too big a shock to the electorate. Nevertheless, Jeremy Hanson, ACT liberal party and opposition leader said on ABC Radio that the challenge is how to accommodate people in physical industries unable to stay ...

ICAC grills Sinodinos on $20 million inducement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... think they were entitled to know the full position, given your role apart from anything else as president of the Liberal Party?" Sinodinos said: "It never occurred to me that that needed to be done." He argued that this information would not have swayed ...

Calls for Sinodinos to "step aside" amid ICAC allegations

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... transparent that Mr Sinodinos' true role in Australian Water Holdings was to open lines of communication with the Liberal Party and there will be evidence that he tried to do so," Watson said. The Labor MP admitted that AWH "murky dealings involve Labor ...

Regulation holding financial services back: Brogden

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... settings has prevented Australia from exporting these skills for managing foreign capital," he said. The former Liberal Party politician said that in Hong Kong, 60% of the assets managed belong to foreign investors. Whereas in Australia, only 5% of the ...

ASIC, "twin peaks" model faces review

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... Williams said. "We need to ask if they have sufficient powers and if they are resourced enough." Economist and former Liberal Party leader John Hewson welcomed the incoming government's commitment to reform ASIC. He added that the regulator has been ...

John Hewson calls for overhaul of superannuation system

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
Former Liberal Party leader and chairman of Shartru Wealth Management John Hewson wants the new government to conduct an overhaul of the superannuation system to loosen the Labor Party's grip on the sector. The former politician and economist told Financial ...

Government to update More Super calculator

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... 67." They also took the opportunity to fire a shot at the opposition, saying, "The only thing Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party are interested in is cutting superannuation to the bone."

Shartru Wealth and Emerge Business join forces

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2013
... the Newcastle-based business is former director of Centre Capital, Robert Coyte, and former leader of the federal Liberal Party, John Hewson, is one of the board members. Also present in the board are property and investment experts Linden Toll and Andrew ...

Back-off super: FSC missive to Canberra

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... and the Coalition must rule out abolishing the low income earners concession," Brogden said. Brogden, a former NSW Liberal Party leader, said that "If superannuation becomes a political issue no one wins." "There have been 10 substantial tax changes ...