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Retail funds in ACTU's sights

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
Superannuation funds would be forced to reveal related party fee details if a union push on disclosure succeeds, in a move likely to hit bank-aligned retail funds. The policy on retirement income and superannuation, due to be signed off at the ACTU ...

Deja vu of deja vu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012

The end is not nigh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... and South America would be following their lead once these regions saw all the wonderful things derived from a currency union. The point is that European authorities spent years and years to make the Eurozone a reality - and at the same time avoid the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2012
... 1.00 per cent, to 4,332.2 points. NEW YORK - US stocks pared early sharp losses to close with moderate falls after European Union (EU) officials confirmed that Greece would get the next installment of bailout funds this week. Early worries that the EU ...

Sure 25 but maybe 50

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... official cash rate instead. Never mind the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) or the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) or the Housing Industry Association (HIA) or the National Retail Association's (NRA) clamour for the same, this is the ...

MySuper consultation draws focus on divisions

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... the default fund for their employees," Brogden told the ABC. "So you've got a situation where the industry body and the union in a certain industry are the ones who sit on the board of the super fund and they're the same bodies that recommend that super ...

ANZ cuts wealth mgmt by 230

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... with an expanded package of staff assistance developed in conjunction with the Federal Government and the Finance Sector Union. These include funds for retraining and for people facing hardship," said the spokesman. ANZ Wealth includes OnePath, E*Trade ...

Business continues to resist 12pct SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... opportunity to put in place a legally binding mechanism for a wage superannuation trade off. This week the Australian trade union movement said they will not have a bar of trade off through collective bargaining." Anderson said that is what the Keating ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on international markets overnight after unexpectedly weak euro zone economic data and disappointing Chinese figures. The federal opposition has vowed to repeal government legislation that ...

FIRST Super invites Tony Abbott to board meeting

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... scathing criticism last week of the way industry super fund boards are run. According to reports, the Opposition leader blasted union involvement in industry super, claiming the boards were "gravy trains for union officials" with "no corporate governance" ...