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Quadrant leads super funds investors to buy Red Rooster

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2007
... level. Nonetheless, regulatory concerns with the role private equity investement can have in the market has prompted to Senate to call an inquiry into private equity. Last week, Treasurer Peter Costello said while he supports private investment, he would ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
... Chinese goods is expected to flow onto other product areas especially since the Democrats now have a majority in the US Senate and support for the Republican government is at an all time low. Growing protectionist sentiment in the US may be expected ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
... Carlos Gutierez announced the decision which was well received by unionists and manufacturers as well as legislators. The US Senate has been increasingly active for the last couple of years in bringing pressure to bear on the Chinese authorities to at ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2007
... discharge of pollutants into rivers by 2 per cent. The central government has also been under ongoing pressure from the US Senate to re-value its currency upwards so that its goods are seen as more expensive by US consumers who take a major share and ...

Senate passes super changes

The Simplified Super legislation has passed through the Senate with the Federal Opposition supporting the changes. Under the legislation superannuation benefits paid from a taxed fund will be tax-free for people aged over 60 and reasonable benefit limits ...

Future Fund appoints in anticipation of kick-off

NICK OLIVER  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
... chief investment officer. The Future Fund Management Agency, responsible for investing the $40 billion in funds, told the Senate that it hopes to begin investing by the end of this year, once key personnel positions are filled. Paul Costello, general ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2007
... that many financially distressed customers are being allowed even more credit. Treasury officials have recently told a Senate estimates committee that housing affordability was at a historic low at a time when the debt servicing obligations of households ...

Employers should give TFNs to super funds: Mercer

NICK OLIVER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2007
... be hit with an additional 31.5 per cent tax on top of the normal 15 per cent contributions tax. In a submission to the Senate Economics Committee Mercer has recommended that employers should be required to pass on current employees' TFNs (where they ...

AUSTRAC's power to be checked

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
A Senate Committee report on the government's proposed anti-money laundering legislation has responded to finance industry concerns with recommendations for a longer implementation period and curbs on the power of AUSTRAC, the body that will administer ...

ASIC shadow shop draws zero consumer complaints

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
... one complaint was received, ASIC has now confirmed. On 1 September, Senator John Watson asked a question on notice in the Senate to the minister representing the Treasurer who is responsible for ASIC, whether ASIC deputy chair Jeremy Cooper was aware ...