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Political punch trading greatest risk to US economy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... prospects." In 2011 the US was brought to the brink of defaulting on its debt when the Republican controlled House of Representatives blocked the route to raising the debt ceiling. As a result, ratings agency Standard & Poor's cut the US's coveted AAA ...

Advisers failing to engage disillusioned consumers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... posts and add regulatory hurdles. Steve Ciobo MP, federal member for Moncrieff and deputy chairman of the House of Representatives standing committee on economics, says that if he was in power he would undo a lot of the reforms that have swept through ...

CGT relief passes House of Reps

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... welcomed by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), after the Bill passed through the House of Representatives yesterday. The Bill extends the relief on capital loss rollovers to 1 July 2017 to coincide with the end of the MySuper ...

ASIC consults on code approval under FOFA

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... how RG 183 should be amended for FOFA. The regulator noted that the CP 191 is relevant to advisers and industry representatives who are considering submitting either a new or existing code for approval. The consultation paper covers matter such as appropriate ...

Urbanisation fuelling resource demand

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
... materials and Australia is a primary provider of these, namely iron ore, he said, speaking at a roundtable with representatives from Tyndall's parent company, Nikko AM, one of the largest asset managers in Asia. While obvious challenges arise from a ...

Most funds to offer default IP for MySuper

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... topics raised at the Group Insurance Summit which generated mixed responses from panel participants who included representatives from BT Financial Group, REST Industry Super, Rice Warner Actuaries, and Chant West. The mixed sentiment was reflected in ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... economic news on Friday, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens is due to appear before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics. In equities news, Woolworths, Whitehaven Coal and Bega Cheese are due to post full year ...

MySuper flipping ban passes lower house

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
Tranche one of the Federal Government's MySuper legislation has passed through the House of Representatives, with some last-minute amendments. A push by Greens deputy leader and employment spokesperson Adam Bandt to stop employers gouging additional ...

Vision Super issues shortfall liability notices

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... scheme from the APRA regulated system and the latter to re-introduce a legislative basis for a state-scheme. MAV representatives will be meeting with the State this month to discuss the issue.

Regulators on post-Trio watch

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2012
... the organisation," he said, speaking on a panel comprised of ASIC and Australian Prudential Regulation Authority representatives. "ASIC quite understandably has had to deal with collapses - a lot of bodies that have already fallen off the cliff. "One ...