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Renewed calls to remove super from political cycle

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... Association National Conference in Adelaide that included the industry body's head of policy Jordan George, former Labor Cabinet Minister Craig Emerson and professor of finance at Monash University Deborah Ralston. George tabled the idea that reviews ...

Japanese consumers a tad more confident

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
Japan's Cabinet Office reported that consumer confidence stood at 42.7 in December. While this is much higher than market expectations for a 42.3 print, it's only a slight improvement from the previous month's 42.6 reading. The overall index is derived ...

FSI and tax response "close to completion": Morrison

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... response to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) is "proceeding and close to completion," despite the recent Liberal spill and cabinet reshuffle. Morrison addressed the media along with Finance Minister Mathias Cormann and also confirmed that "there has ...

New faces to lead financial services policy reform

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's Cabinet reshuffle brings new faces and a new structure to the government's top economy, finance and business ministries. Social Services Minister Scott Morrison was appointed Treasurer, while Finance Minister Mathias ...

Turnbull expected to dust off shelved policies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
... industry representatives expressed their concern to Financial Standard that the change of Prime Minister and the likely cabinet reshuffle will delay the government's response to major policy issues. "The main concern for us is timing, we are very eager ...

Bangkok bombs and Malaysia's terror

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... money for personal gain and has counterattacked against what he described as a campaign to oust him, by reshuffling his cabinet, suspending a leading newspaper and seeking the arrest of a newsletter's founder." (Bloomberg) Yes Prime Minister, that'll ...

First State Super appoints two board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... superannuation and quality financial advice." Furlan was appointed by the Secretaries of the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet and the Treasury acting jointly as a First State Super Trustee Corporation Employer Entity. Thomas was appointed by the ...

BOJ in (tactical) retreat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... inflation forever and eva? Perhaps the BOJ is now more optimistic on the economic outlook. Can't blame it. After all the Cabinet Office just upgraded first quarter GDP growth from an annualised rate of 2.4% to 3.9%. How good is that? Then again, household ...

CSRI identifies super flaws

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... the entire retirement income system and will be chaired by former Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Dr Michael Keating. It aims to examine Australia's retirement income model from an independent, bipartisan perspective.

Retirement income committee to launch in June

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... the entire retirement income system and will be chaired by former Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Dr Michael Keating. Other committee members include policy experts Vince Fitzgerald, Bob Officer, Elana Rubin, Andrew Podger ...