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SMSF Association farewells super shadow minister

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... Shadow Ministry with the portfolios of financial services and superannuation, sport and assisting opposition leader Bill Shorten on small business.

Reform summit must keep momentum: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... ensuring good retirement incomes." The event was also addressed by federal Treasurer Joe Hockey, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens.

Market to open lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell slightly following a mixed US jobs report and as investors awaited Greece's weekend referendum over its economic fate. At 0805 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after OPEC chose not to cut oil production levels. At 0822 AEST on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was down 44 points at 5,294. In local economic news on Monday, the Reserve Bank ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after the OPEC oil cartel decided not to cut output despite a supply gut and falling crude prices. At 0825 AEST on Friday, the December share price index futures contract was down 17 points at 5,397. Wall ...

Govt seeks discretion to freeze super guarantee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... discretion to raise it to as much as 12%. However, it does not allow the minister to lower the SG. Opposition lead Bill Shorten attacked the measure, saying the government had broken its promise not to bring in any adverse changes to superannuation policy. ...

Hedge funds risk collapse without middle office upgrades

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... risk but the reputational risk is also significant." The industry is currently consulting on introducing regulation to shorten trade settlement times from the current three days to two. This will only increase the pressure on managers to tighten up their ...

Intra-fund advice exemptions in doubt

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... apply equally across the financial services sector, including to all advice provided through industry funds, which Bill Shorten exempted from those requirements in a special deal for them when he was the Minister." While the exemption applies to all ...

High earners to pay more tax soon

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... earning $200,000 that means paying an extra $400 in tax a year. For someone earning as much as Opposition Leader Bill Shorten on $380,000, the extra tax amounts to about $3800. The tax laws amendment package passed the lower house in May. The deficit ...

FWC halts default super review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... time. "The Government will now consider what options may exist to clean up this mess that has been left to it by Bill Shorten." Despite the fact that the FSC's objections were upheld, ISA argued that the result was a victory because the hearing did not ...