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Superannuation wins in Cabinet reshuffle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... from just being seen as an extension of financial services, a shift initiated by the former superannuation minister Senator Nick Sherry, and its re-alignment with broader retirement incomes policy. Chris Bowen is the Member for Prospect in southwest ...

Super at the edge of abyss: ASFA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... superannuation on tax concessions might be a sign of things to come for tighter super rules, a separate statement by Senator Nick Sherry, minister for superannuation and corporate law last month said that these changes will impact less than two per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
Australian shares are expected to open lower after a weak lead from Wall Street and a broad-based commodities retreat. At 0733 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was 48 points lower at 3,975. In economic news on ...

ASIC's Cooper to lead govt review

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
... and fees and in turn lifting long-term rates of return," said the minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry. The Government today unveilled the details of the review, which includes the membership of the expert panel and the ...

Regulators call for better OTC derivatives processing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... industry who will find this change difficult and the funds themselves will find it hard without the help of dedicated managers." Nick Quin, director of sales and marketing at SimCorp, said the report's findings are not surprising - particularly the call ...

Debate advice, not advisers: Sherry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... Advisers (AFA), told a packed house at the AFA's Melbourne luncheon yesterday. Klipin's views were reinforced by Senator Nick Sherry, minister for corporate law and superannuation, keynote speaker at the event, who said the government's agenda is to ...

Trustees hot on ESG course

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... social and governance (ESG) course for super fund trustees. Yesterday, minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry, officially launched the course, which began roughly two weeks ago. The course is designed to help super funds implement ...

Super concession cuts were overdue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2009
... marginally winding back the superannuation salary sacrifice limits and temporarily reducing the co-contribution scheme. Senator Nick Sherry, minister for corporate law and superannuation, said the reductions are a response to the disproportionate superannuation ...

Plain English works best: Suncorp

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... to make them more reader-friendly, said Doyle. Suncorp's latest initiative will go down well with superannuation minister Nick Sherry, who has long advocated that super fund communications should pass the Burnie Pub test and not sound like Latin to everyday ...

Thrift is the new cool: K2

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2009
... high-tech alarms, fund manager K2 Asset Management banks on stocks that will flourish in the face of a global recession. Nick Griffin, the group's head of international strategy, said that investors should tap into mega-trends that will drive stocks ...