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CPRS chaos poses big risks for fin services

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... and the role of regulation, the ramifications could be far reaching. Raising the stakes is Liberal Party Leader Malcolm Turnbull's gutsy brinkmanship in not only challenging his own Party but in his direct challenge to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to call ...

Rejoice for rates have risen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... was perfectly natural for the Opposition to oppose the RBA's verdict but what is Treasurer Wayne unhappy about? Malcolm Turnbull's criticism that the Government stimulated the economy too much that it has popped with a rise in lending rates must have ...

Small businesses to get two-year SG relief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... figure could be $20.5 billion, according to Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law. "Malcolm Turnbull has called on the Government to pay the superannuation obligations of a range of businesses, and of course he hasn't even ...

Coalition doesn't support higher SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... not something that sits easily with the Liberal Party's philosophy of freedom of choice, said Shadow Treasurer, Malcolm Turnbull. Speaking at yesterday's Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Sydney luncheon, Turnbull said, "The Liberal Party is a ...

Govt policies block choice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
... super and financial advice are potentially "anti-competitive" and won't go unchallenged, said shadow treasurer Malcolm Turnbull. Speaking at the IFSA conference yesterday, Turnbull said the Coalition will be watching the Government closely to ensure ...

BCA call to freeze Budget gets cold shoulder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... repudiation of the previous Coalition government's fiscal strategy was quickly rejected by Shadow Treasurer, Malcolm Turnbull. "[The BCA] is speaking on behalf of its own constituency & it objects to the fact that a large part of that bonus from increased ...

Interest rates - when economics meets politics

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... inflation target of 3 per cent is sacrosanct," said ACTU President Sharan Burrow. Opposition Treasury spokesperson Malcolm Turnbull gave these comments a political edge when he said the government should put inflation guarantees into any new post-WorkChoices ...

Gunns fuels CG debate

... gave the mill a permit in August 30 and, a month later, after the Minister for Environment and Water Resources Malcolm Turnbull approved the project, subject to 48 conditions. UBS has a buy recommendation on the shares up to $4 (they are currently sitting ...

Hatfield leaves Pengana

... Press Holdings) and Naomi Milgrom (founder of clothing retailer Sussan Group) as investors. Pengana's founder, Malcolm Turnbull, retains a 5 per cent stake in MFG. Hatfield was head of Pengana's hedge fund distribution and was a past chairman of the ...

Hatfield opts out of Packer's new Pengana

Only weeks after a Packer led consortium announced it was taking over Malcolm Turnbull's struggling Pengana Hedge Funds, its former principal, Damien Hatfield, together with its chief executive officer, Russell Pillemer, have sold out of the business. ...