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Assistant Treasurer Sinodinos to stand aside amid ICAC inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... down from the front bench during theA hearingsA of Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) inquiry into Australia Water Holdings (AWH). Sinodinos is due to be witness at the inquiry which will look atA A AWH, a company which has links to Labor ...

Senate pushes for Sinodinos to explain corruption allegations

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... pressure on Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos to make a full statement to the Senate about his involvement with Australia Water Holdings (AWH) which is at the centre of an Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) hearing in Sydney. Senator ...

AXA IM includes ESG in smart beta offering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... [the investor] view the world through an ESG lens, we can build you a portfolio that has a better carbon footprint, lower water usage, better governance, better supplier chain relations, but that also satisfies the basic requirements for a smart beta ...

Calls for Sinodinos to "step aside" amid ICAC allegations

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) inquiry into his involvement with the Eddie Obeid-linked Australian Water Holdings (AWH). Sinodinos is set to go before the Commission to provide explanation for the potential for him to gain $20 million ...

MySuper authorisations reaches 117

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... Elphinstone Group, Wesfarmers, Santos limited, Pitcher Partners, Toyota, Incitec Pivot, United Technologies, Dulux and the Water Corporation of WA. Retail groups now with a MySuper authorisation are EmPlus and Max Super. The new industry funds covered ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... winter-struck US. In London, the benchmark FTSE 100 index ended virtually unchanged at 6,796.71 points. Frankfurt's DAX 30 also trod water ending at 9,660.05 points, while the CAC 40 in Paris climbed 0.24 per cent to 4,341.10 points. Britain's jobless ...

Member direct investment at "high water mark": AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... way of retaining members who would otherwise set up self-managed super funds - Haynes said in fact we may be at the "high water mark". "While there was an awful lot of interest in relation to MDI about a year ago, where it was everyone's hot topic, the ...

Of horse trades and the January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
Boyoboyoboy, by the looks of it...we're really in trouble now, real trouble. Nah, not talkin' bout the Fed taking another US$10 billion away, neither that dreadful indication that China is continuing to slow nor renewed deflation fears in the eurozone ...

Sinodinos defends "speedy" FoFA legislation

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
The Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has denied claims that the government's plan to implement the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform measures through regulations, rather than via legislation, is a way to avoid opposition scrutiny. Speaking ...

FPA condemns FoFA fear mongers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has urged planners to "rise above the noise of tired, product-centric arguments" in the early days of the watered-down Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. On 20 December 2013 Assistant Treasurer ...