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Cuts to ASIC and ATO push industry to self-regulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... the ATO will have to reduce "departmental resourcing" and "bring forward staff reductions that were already planned." The Labor government already considered staff reductions of 4,700 people over the next three years and the current government has confirmed ...

Industry prepares for Abbott's first budget

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... saying: "It will be an easy budget to criticise but for the nation it will be an important budget to support." However, Labor's finance spokesman Tony Burke said Hockey has a herculean sales job on his hands. "He's going to have to sell the budget by ...

Research houses to blame for advice catastrophes: AIOFP

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... addressed "the core reasons" why some funds and investment schemes failed following the global financial crisis. "The previous Labor government erroneously levelled the blame for this environment at the product commission environment in the financial ...

Super needs a radical new solution to longevity: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... Australians across generations. "[It] requires a completely new basis of thinking than anything we've been doing now by the former Labor government, as you mentioned, or the Coalition," he said. He added, "We can't try and pretend that like a piece of ...

Janet puts it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... in economic activity." But "a high degree of monetary accommodation remains warranted" because "while conditions in the labor market have improved appreciably, they are still far from satisfactory" and inflation remains below the Fed's 2% target. She ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... also showed that wages did not increase, which showed there was still plenty of slack in the US employment market. The US Labor Department said on Friday that nonfarm payrolls surged 288,000 last month, the largest gain since January 2012. On the local ...

NAB and FSC tight-lipped on Hockey meetings

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... FSC make political donations." The spokesperson went on to say: "The FSC donates on a 50/50 basis to the ALP [Australian Labor Party] and the Liberal/National Coalition." The Treasurer's office also declined to respond to the question, "Does the Treasurer ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... 1,881.14, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index declined 3.55 (0.09 per cent) to 4,123.90. Stocks rose just after the Labor Department said the US economy added 288,000 jobs in April, far above the 210,000 projected by analysts. But headlines on ...

Mother doesn't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... rate dropped - big time - to 6.3% from 6.7% in March and the U-6 unemployment rate -- or what the BLS term as a measure of "labor underutilization - declined to 12.3% in April from 12.7%. But... but this outsized drop in the rate of joblessness is so ...

May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... preset course, and the Committee's decisions about their pace will remain contingent on the Committee's outlook for the labor market and inflation as well as its assessment of the likely efficacy and costs of such purchases. In determining how long to ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:01PM
Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:30AM
The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:13PM
L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   11:50AM
Apostle Fund Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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