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Assistant Treasurer to consult with financial advice stakeholders

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced he will discuss issues pertaining to professional, standards within the financial services industry with all relevant "stakeholders" prior to making any policy decisions. Noting the value of the Parliamentary ...

Super is working but can be improved: Ripoll

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... professionals to take the same approach. "From my experience I can tell you that achieving bi-partisanship within the halls of Parliament is much easier when there is also a consensus outside Capital Hill."

Finance minister seeks interest from property investors

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
The government is seeking interest from potential property investors in six Commonwealth properties in Canberra as part of its property divestment program, Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was down seven points at 5,753. In a rousing policy speech to parliament, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras refused to apply for an extension for an international bailout, raising the prospects ...

Easing here, there and everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... report published by Reuters on 28 January tells of PM Li now liking 7% growth. He's set to announce this "at the annual parliament session in March, [and was] was endorsed by top party leaders and policymakers at a closed-door Central Economic Conference ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... Athens dived 3.2 per cent after Syriza and its 40-year-old leader Alexis Tsipras won 149 seats in the 300-seat Greek parliament, just two short of an absolute majority, with most votes counted. But there was no spike in the yield on Greece's long-term ...

Industry waiting on Frydenberg for adviser education guidance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
The financial services industry is waiting on newly-appointed Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to make public the government's position on the Senate inquiry into adviser education standards. Financial Planning Association (FPA) general manager of ...

Government repeals Palmer FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014
... In July, the PUP asked the government to include additional measures to FoFA in exchange for the party's support in Parliament. The changes included that the Statement of Advice (SoA) specifies that the adviser is acting in the best interest of the client ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following Wall Street down as global stocks fall on concern over growth in China and potential political fallout in Greece. At 0857 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was ...

Australia's insatiable online appetite

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... competitive. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) released research that was tabled in federal parliament last week that showed how insatiable this appetite is. "Consumers are doing more over the internet, using more devices and accessing ...