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Robert slates industry over inactive accounts

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... and over the last 12 months as I've been doing this, they've all streamed through my door, like there's no tomorrow. "I've never seen so many lobbyists, and so many hired guns, and industry super rolling in - it was like thunder. Which is fine, and I'll ...

Chief economist update: Breaking up is hard to do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... nine months of discussions since the original vote in June 2016, my sense is a consensus agreement would be forthcoming... never, given the strong arguments on both sides of the divide. May could resign as PM or she could be ousted and replaced. Or another ...

Sole purpose test divides industry

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... will happen," he says. Urquhart is concerned AustralianSuper's scheme sees existing members pay for a benefit they will never experience. "Essentially, existing members of the pooled fund are paying for points to give to new members of the fund, and ...

Wills are an afterthought for the rich: Lawyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... via will kits, according to law firm Hunt & Hunt. One was signed by Brock but not properly witnessed, while the other was never signed. Brock's family members battled it out in the Victorian Supreme Court to determine which will was valid, resulting ...

SMSFA recognises member achievements

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... the interests of the self-managed sector. He pointed to the association's resolutely non-partisan history, and said it had never held back from calling out poor policy, flagging the SMSFA's intention to continue battling against Labor's franking credit ...

Former ambassador assesses US-China trade deal

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... came to power and that how fast he would move to achieve that ambition," he said. "The US-China economic relationship will never be the same again. "My colleagues kept on saying to me you know, there is so much common interest there, surely there is ...

Brexit is history: Chief Economists Forum

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... to as season 10 of Dallas. If you remember season 10 that was the one where season nine actually didn't happen, Bobby never died and it was all a dream by Pam." Continuing with the Dallas metaphor, Tinker said some British MP's believed Armageddon ...

Royal Commission sobering and overdue: Labor

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... bipartisan support. "This is the Royal Commission Scott Morrison did not want you to see. This is the report Scott Morrison never wanted delivered. Today is the day that Scott Morrison and his entire government voted 26 times to avoid this report ever ...

Ponzi scheme fined $1.4bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... dividends and distributions to existing investors while lending money to Shapiro-owned companies that had no income and never made interest payments on the loans, the SEC alleged in 2017. Meanwhile, Shapiro and Woodbridge paid US$64.5 million in commissions ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy now, Australian property will be cheaper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... 4.1% to 95.9 in January, marking a new cycle low and the weakest read since we began compiling this index in May 2009." Never mind the credit crunch in home lending or oversupply or restrictions on foreign purchasers or whatever, expectations matters ...