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Regulators defended in calls for Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
... have not always lived up to their own standards, let alone those of their customers, but "the issues the Australian Labor Party is talking about have already been examined." MA1/4nchenberg said the ALP's proposal would have international ramifications ...

Labor will announce retirement income priorities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... forward one week and that a potential double dissolution may occur in the Senate as a result of trying reinstate the Australian Building and Construction Commission. "We've always said the Age Pension is crucial to retirement incomes. A lot of people ...

Tax conversation in a bubble

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... of the superannuation lobby groups, as well as National Seniors, are now acknowledging that change may be inevitable. The Labor party has already committed to it, and the Liberals may not be far behind." Chapman said the argument for reform is based ...

FSI and tax response "close to completion": Morrison

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... not an end in itself. Tax reform is not some policy picnic, it has to be about is what is it going to deliver for the Australian people." Morrison confirmed that retirement income policies will keep being within the scope of the white paper. He also ...

Senate inquiry into gender retirement income gap launched

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... the superannuation system; and the adequacy of the main sources of retirement income for women. Earlier this year the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) supported the inquiry. AIST chief executive Tom Garcia said the current Tax Inquiry ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains on Wall Street on Friday. The June share price index futures contract was up 43 points at 5,645. Wall Street stocks surged more than one per cent on Friday after new data showed that the ...

Bernie Ripoll to retire from federal politics

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... City Council opposition leader Milton Dick could be nominated for the Oxley preselection, Fairfax Media reported. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) acknowledged Ripoll's role as chair of the Parliamentary Joint Commission (PJC) ...

Political donations pay off

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... Liberal or National Parties experienced better share price performance than those who only gave to the Australian Labor Party (ALP). The Political Monitor research identified over thirty companies in the ASX200 that donated to one or more political party ...

Privatisation backlash derails infra investing

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... government thrown out after just one term - despite them having won one of the most commanding electoral victories in Australian history just three years ago. Labor's shock victory in Queensland follows its return to power in Victoria after only one ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... Financial Wisdom (FW) customers being made public by the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Committee (ASIC). The inquiry, chaired by Labor Senator Mark Bishop, grilled ASIC commissioners ...