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Royal Commission bad for super: Switzer

ALEX BURKE, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... this is that I've been writing and giving out my views on major newspapers and websites since 1985, very few finance ministers or Treasurers have ever got serious about the finance sector," he added Rainmaker research shows that at 31 December 2017 ...

What price Brexit certainty?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
At least people of the world know what the Fed has in store for them come December - another 25 basis point increase in the fed funds rate come the 13th of the month. 'tis not the same for the UK where Brexit negotiations remain up in the air... and ...

Oil's gift to central bankers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... price of oil. Saudi Arabia's crown prince Mohammed bin Salman went on a purging spree of allegedly corrupt businessmen, ministers and even royal princes on the 4th of November is what happened. While this has no direct significance to the oil price unlike ...

May the force's not with her

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
What UK Prime Minister Theresa May expected as a landslide win at the snap 8 June general elections turned out to be a slide at the polls for the Conservatives instead. The British prime minister intended to secure her Brexit mandate when she announced ...

Damned if they do, damned if they don't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... year) is set to expire in three months. So far, it is still unclear whether the joint committee of OPEC and non-OPEC ministers are going to extend the output quotas after they expire. However, it'll be a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" case for ...

Two-year road to Brexit begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... possible". Read the full text here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/604079/Prime_Ministers_letter_to_European_Council_President_Donald_Tusk.pdf. Donald Tusk's response was brief, acknowledging the receipt of ...

Home deposits unwelcome in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... super." Morrison said in a radio interview with Ray Hadley that he's had good discussions with senior NSW government ministers about housing affordability issues for a long time. "It is a big challenge particularly for people here in Sydney and particularly ...

FSC names new director

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... government relations manager with the Insurance Council of Australia from 2001 to 2007. He also worked as a senior adviser to ministers in the NSW and Victorian governments before moving to the private sector in 2001. FSC chief executive Sally Loane ...

Industry bodies back O'Dwyer reappointment

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... industry bodies including the AIST, AVCAL, the AFA and the FSC were quick to issue statements endorsing the reappointed ministers. "We are pleased the financial services industry is afforded continuity with the re-appointment of the Treasurer, Minister ...

Financial planners improve standing in annual trust survey

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... engineers and school teachers took the top spots with high court judges (8), university lecturers (10), lawyers (13) and ministers of religion (13) all ahead of financial planners. The bottom five professions were car salesmen, advertising people, real ...