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Up close and personal: Women in financial services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... 25-years-old; was the first woman in Australia to hold the office of Assistant Treasurer; and later, as Communications Minister, she was alongside Prime Minister John Howard as he announced the sale of then government-owned Telstra. After she left Canberra ...

New retirement loan launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... Melbourne-based Household Capital was established three years ago to help senior Australians live well at home. Former Federal Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, Assistant Treasurer and Small Business Nick Sherry serves as chair.

Chief economist update: A capitalist in communist clothes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... investment. Signaled looser liquidity stance by pointing to further RRR cuts for smaller banks," it said. Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang announced the measures at the opening of the National People's Congress on March 5, simultaneous with his ...

Institutional investors call out climate policy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... change represents nor will it unlock large-scale investment in zero emissions solutions." In releasing the policy, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said $2 billion will be invested in the Climate Solutions Fund. It is supposed to build on the success of ...

SMSFA turns up the heat on franking debate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... discriminatory if the policy was implemented under the current proposed parameters," Maroney said. Shortly afterwards, Prime Minister Scott Morrison delivered a video message and also took the opportunity to go after Labor. This is a vital time for the ...

Government moves on Royal Commission super recommendations

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... said. Frydenberg's calls come as Labor flexes its muscle across the parliament, with Senator Mathias Cormann and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources David Littleproud calling out the Opposition on Tuesday for blocking the Government's ...

Treasury initiates review post RC

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... Department of Families and Social Services will lead the review, in consultation with Treasury and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. "The review is also set to benefit drought-affected communities, with senior representatives from the ...

Wealth manager appoints former NSW Premier to chair foundation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... charity supported by Islamic superannuation fund Crescent Wealth. The former New South Wales Premier and Australian Foreign Minister will lead the foundation's board, which is also welcoming new member Dr Sayd Farook. Farook is taking the place of Hisham ...

Hayne recommends new regulatory overseer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... the effectiveness of APRA and ASIC in meeting their statutory objects and discharging its functions, reporting to the Minister in respect of each regulator once every two years. The report was also scathing in its assessment of the financial services ...

Chief economist update: La vita is no longer e bella

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... sector shrank, while the service sector had been "substantially stable". Not so, says Italy's newly-elected prime minister, Giuseppe Conte. It's because of external factors - mainly, the Sino-US trade spat and Brexit - stupid! Still, data show ...