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AIST adopts middle ground on board structure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... operate under an equal representation structure, whereby half their trustees are employer-appointed and half employee- (union-) appointed, with the option of one independent director. "AIST supports greater flexibility at law around this restriction ...

FSC slams 'closed shop' super awards rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has urged the government to take superannuation out of modern awards, arguing that the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has no role in determining which funds can be default employer funds. Under the current system, super ...

Oh what a feelin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
You, I and Irene can bury our collective heads in the sand but we can't escape Toyota's announcement that it would tailgate Ford and then Holden out of Australia and then... Australia's car manufacturing industry would be no more when 2017 turns into ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... Swiss stock market and franc held up after a shock vote in favour of Switzerland restricting immigration with the European Union. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ended the day up 0.30 per cent at 6,591.55 points. Frankfurt's DAX 30 dropped 0.13 per ...

GreySpark consultancy opens in Australia

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... transformed by sweeping new regulatory reforms, with the introduction of the Dodd Frank Act in the United States and the European Union's European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). GreySpark said it is hoping to bring the expertise it has gained ...

Obama launches myRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... savings program called MyRA to help Americans prepare for retirement. The plan was unveiled in last week's 2014 State of the Union address. The plan will not require Congressional approval, however, as the president has already signed a Presidential ...

Of horse trades and the January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
... Singapore's 'Grand Master' Tan Khoon Yong: "This is a disaster year... a lot of things will not go smoothly...The European Union may split, the euro may be in trouble... the bloc would be threatened by division in May." Hong Kong astrologer Chow Hon-ming ...

Li likes 7%, maybe 7.2%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014

Men continue to dominate super fund boards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... public offer funds are overwhelming opting to keep the equal representation board structure (half employer-nominated, half union-nominated, with the option of one independent director) even though they do not by law need to. Non-public offer fund boards ...

China heading for debt disaster, sure sure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... and local government) is about 54 per cent of China's GDP, which is below the 60 per cent threshold set by the European Union for admitting new members under the Maastricht Treaty." Good onya Peter for not letting the facts get in the way of a good story. ...