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Simple tax is too taxing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... proposals of minute tinkering at the edges that will be implemented two years from now. Remember what happened to Paul Keating's L-A-W tax cut promise back in 1993? The first round proceeded as promised in 1994, the second round was deferred from 1996 ...

On the shoulders of giants

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... heading in the next 20 years. He's got big shoes to fill, speaking at the 20th anniversary of CMSF, two decades since Paul Keating who was treasurer at the time spoke at the inaugural event. Like his predecessor, Howes said that the industry must do ...

Costello joins Future Fund board

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... But Costello's appointment has drawn fire from high profile figures, including former treasurer and Prime Minister Paul Keating. An ABC news report yesterday noted Keating criticised Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's decision to appoint Costello. The report ...

Europe fails at fee disclosure

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... also linking performance fees based on objectives, rather than outperformance of say the market benchmark," said Claire Keating, partner, financial services and assurance at PwC, and speaker at yesterday's ASFA Trustee in Focus event. The report proposed ...

Raise SG to 15 pc: report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... said. Altering SG contributions has certainly been a hot topic of late. Last month, former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating said lowering SG to stimulate the economy would be a disaster. "The moment you tell a political system [that superannuation] ...

Cutting SG a disaster: Keating

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... temporarily to help stimulate the economy, would be an economic disaster, warned former Australian Prime Minister, Paul Keating. At the end of last year, a group of economists lead by Nick Gruen, principal of the Lateral Economics consultancy wrote to ...

Beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
"This is a beautiful set of numbers." (Paul Keating). What is? The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Labour Force report for November of course. But many headlines did not see it that way. Bloomberg headline: Australia Lost 15,600 Jobs, Adding ...

Sentry expands into Qld

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
Sentry Financial Group purchased Queensland based dealer group Keating McCullough & Associates inline with its strategy to become a top 20 national dealer group in three years. Sentry Financial Group now has 12 dealerships as a result of the purchase. ...

AusSuper drives MEB review

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... Management. Grant is the former chief executive of Cbus and De Salis worked as an adviser to former prime minister Paul Keating and later for AMP. The new appointments could be perceived as strengthening Weaven's influence over the merged group. AustralianSuper ...

Fix contributions, then worry about fees: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... fixing fees and administrative efficiencies, said superannuation's political architect and former Prime Minister, Paul Keating. "You can fluff around about fees and getting internal efficiencies in funds but contributions is the key," said Keating, speaking ...