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Pension uncertainty for municipal workers in Detroit

HARRY PAGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013
... for benefits they have promised. Criticism has occurred over the state's management of the crisis. Jean-Pierre Aubry, assistant director of state and local research at the Centre for Retirement Research at Boston College, said change needs to happen ...

Government agnostic on portfolio holdings disclosure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
... has given little away about its preferences regarding the depth and rigour of portfolio holdings disclosure, following Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos' release of a discussion paper on this subject last week. Part of the Stronger Super reforms ...

'Funding Australia's growth' top priority for Murray Inquiry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013

APRA to look into The New Daily

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has said the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority will look into The New Daily on the grounds that it is a misuse of members' money. Speaking to Stuart Hocking on radio station 2UE, the Assistant Treasurer ...

ISA and FSC clash over super in awards debate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
... against the government's plan to change the industrial awards system, following the release of a discussion paper by Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos yesterday. By opening up the process - and potentially doing away with super in modern awards altogether ...

SMSF regulation to remain 'light touch': Sinodinos

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... regulation of self-managed super funds (SMSFs) is unlikely to change much under the Abbott government, according to Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos. The speedy growth of the SMSF sector has led some commentators to question whether the Australian ...

Government targets super in awards, board independence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... on super fund boards, and to take superannuation out of modern awards, following the release of a discussion paper by Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos. Speaking at a breakfast hosted by the Financial Services Council, Sinodinos said the debate about ...

Ripoll rips into Abbott government's 'amateurism'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
... Financial Services and Superannuation Bernie Ripoll. Ripoll's comments were in response to a media release sent out by Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos' office on Friday claiming responsibility for $48 million in savings resulting from Labor's SuperTICK ...

Government takes credit for SuperStream savings

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013

Combet joins IFM Investors board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... Prior to his time as a member of Parliament, Combet spent eight years as ACTU secretary, and six years before that as assistant secretary. He has close ties to the industry fund movement. Between 2002 and 2007 he was a director of AustralianSuper, which ...