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Stress test stress

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... found wanting. In local news, we were all glued to our HDTV sets between 6:30PM and 7:30 PM last night to watch "The Great Debate". It was going to be history making when first femme Prime Minister Julia Gillard battle it out with Ironman Tony Abbott. ...

FPA maintains stance on commission ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... Deen Sanders, deputy chief executive and head of professionalism at the FPA, said the association had moved on from the debate on fees and commissions. "The profession has dealt with quite a lot of the substantive issues on the table including conduct ...

Seniors warn Coalition on super policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... according to analysis by Treasury any proposed increase in the SG levy would increase government revenue. But rather than debate what the specific SG age limit should be, the NSA said the limit should be scrapped altogether. "It is ludicrous that once ...

AFAC and APESB launch fresh debate on fiduciary duty

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MEDIA RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
Major accountant-based financial advisory firms including Count Financial, PIS and Securitor have formed a new alliance in response to draft proposals from the accounting ethical standards board banning its members from charging asset-based fees from ...

US Congress passes Wall Street reforms

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said the Dodd-Frank reforms approved by the US Congress this week will ensure that banks, not taxpayers, will pay for future bank failures, and protect consumers from Wall Street greed. Yesterday the 'Wall Street Reform ...

To spend or not to spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... weekend's G-20 Summit in Toronto... not anymore. To spend... or not to spend. According to the Wall Street Journal, the debate would centre on: "What is the biggest threat to growth, diminished demand or escalating debt?" America proposes limiting the ...

A stitch in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
Finally! That source of international angst and condemnation, that much debated, much awaited Chinese currency revaluation is coming! It's good news for financial markets. Positive speculation abound after the People's Bank of China (PBOC) posted the ...

AIST alerts regulator on misleading campaign against super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... funds, said she is concerned about the emerging pattern of the superannuation savings being constantly dragged into public debate about government policies or on the fate of people's investments. She said the association has no problem with the mining ...

Tone down fund rivalry: Clitheroe

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
... confuse investors in an already complex super environment, said Clitheroe, who chairs the Financial Literacy Foundation. "The debate inside this industry about who is the best fund is puerile," said Clitheroe. "It's not helping consumers one little bit." ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2010
... although down on Thursday, had made back about half of their value since the beginning of the resource super profits tax debate. "People are trusting BHP more than Mr Rudd on what this tax is going to do to Australia," he said. "There are lots of business ...