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Resistance grows to SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... reverse its position. John Brogden chief executive of the Investment and Financial Services Association and former NSW Liberal Party opposition leader, said, "The Coalition must reverse its position on the Superannuation Guarantee. This is a bad outcome ...

ETS collapse threatens ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... among environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategists that the market is losing momentum. The new Liberal Party policy of 'direct action' for government intervention to select favoured technologies and protect key GHG emitters, instead ...

Planners can fix their poor public image

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... to policymakers what planners do and how important they are to the community, said Kerry Chikarovski, former NSW Liberal Party Opposition Leader and the AFA's consultant political adviser. "Most of the noise that has been heard about planners is the ...

AFA doubles in four years

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... the AFA launched a Government and Policy Committee, hired Kerry Chikarovski, former leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party, as a political lobbyist and encouraged members to engage with government individually. The association has also launched ...

CPRS chaos poses big risks for fin services

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
The Liberal Party political implosion, if it leads to a double dissolution election, is not just about the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme but could also change the course of financial services reforms. A double dissolution election could lead to ...

Libs reject planner commissions ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
Joe Hockey, shadow treasurer, said the Liberal Party does not agree with banning commissions, arguing that mandating planners to have a fiduciary obligation towards their clients takes away the need for planner remuneration reforms. Speaking at the ...

Campbell wins 2009 AFA Adviser of the Year

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
... its laurels. Klipin said the association is ramping up its regulatory and government activities, hiring former NSW Liberal Party leader, Kerry Chikarovski, to assist in its work. "This calibre of finalists means there's a better community of financial ...

IFSA appoints Brogden as CEO

IFSA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2009
The former New South Wales Liberal Party and opposition leader, John Brogden, has been appointed chief executive of the Investment & Financial Services Association. Brogden will take up his post on 28th of August, following the resignation of IFSA's ...

Costello's Future Fund career over before it started

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
Short-lived speculation that former Liberal Party Treasurer Peter Costello was about to be appointed by the Labor government to a leading position in running the Future Fund shows the fund is still poorly understood, three years after its launch. Rumours ...

Unions attack retirement age change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... Budget, argue the Unions, whose voice is expected to carry significant influence in the ALP caucus. Tony Abbott, Liberal Party spokesperson for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, said while he supported the government's decision ...