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Industry funds spend millions on advertising

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... accounts and more money accumulating in their retirement savings." Cbus also pointed to the fact that, since Howard government reforms in 2006, industry funds have been operating in a 'choice' environment, whereby members must compete with retail funds ...

Government scraps Labor's annuities reforms

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2013
... Sinodinos announced on Saturday that the government would proceed with 16 of the measures announced by the Rudd, Gillard and Howard governments, and scrap 48. Superannuation measures that will proceed include one providing greater certainty in relation ...

Tony, SBY and Janet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... this week - dull and boring. What's in a word? Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott refused to say "sorry" (ala Johnnie Howard) only "regret (for) any embarrassment that recent media reports have caused him (Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono)". ...

Taxes, levies and fees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013

The recession we are promised to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013

Shorten maps out government super legacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... scheme is much more equitable that the co-contribution scheme because it is so much easier to access. "Unlike the Howard Government's co-contribution scheme, which only one in every five of those eligible actually used, 100% of the 3.6 million Australians ...

Next government to reconsider super taxes: Grattan Inst

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Investment Interchange that budget expenditure since the first term of the Howard government in 1996 had been increasing at 3% pa. But in the Howard government's fourth and last term expenditure growth hit 3.5% ...

Ancestry.com snapped up in PE deal

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012
... Equity Partners and TPG Capital, as well as Permira, about a possible deal. CEO Tim Sullivan and chief financial officer Howard Hochhauser will keep a majority of their equity stakes, and Spectrum Equity will remain an investor. Spectrum owns a 30% stake ...

Vanguard launches Fixed Interest Index ETFs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... a broadly diversified portfolio which includes allocations to government, semi-government and corporate bonds. Stephen Howard, head of fixed income at Vanguard said that fixed income is an important diversifying component of investors' portfolios. He ...

Annuities regaining acceptance: Challenger

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... retirees and advisers uncomfortable is the core issue of what happens if the investor dies earlier than expected, said Sean Howard, manager of technical services at Challenger. Ironically, what stalled interest in annuities was when in 2004 the government ...