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Assistant Treasurer Sinodinos to stand aside amid ICAC inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... aside Sinodinos said: "I dont want this sideshow to be an unnecessary distraction to the important work of the government." Prime Minister Abbott said that the Senator "had done the right thing" and he looked forward to his "restoration to the ministry." ...

Senate pushes for Sinodinos to explain corruption allegations

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... that "it would be in the best interest of the integrity of the system if Senator Sinodinos would step aside" and called on Prime Minister Tony Abbott to ask him to step down. However, Prime Minister Abbott reaffirmed his confidence in the Senator and ...

Calm over Crimea and US houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... oops, they did already - but unless the new sanctions carry more bite, it'll be inutile. As "sanctioned" Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin tweeted, "Comrade Obama, what should those who have neither accounts nor property abroad do? Have you ...

Advisers have to act in client's best interests: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has echoed claims that regardless of what the government does to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation that financial advisers will still have undefined best interests obligations. Speaking at Parliament House ...

Calls for Sinodinos to "step aside" amid ICAC allegations

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... that "it would be in the best interest of the integrity of the system if Senator Sinodinos would step aside" and called on Prime Minister Tony Abbott to ask him to step down. According to counsel assisting the ICAC inquiry Geoffrey Watson, Sinodinos ...

La Trobe issues first mortgage-backed securities

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... institutional investors. The issuance for the La Trobe Financial Capital Markets Trust 2014-1 covers over $102 million of 586 near prime mortgage-backed securities with an average loan to valuation ratio (LVR) of 61.6% and an average loan size of $174,084. ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... other countries would be "forced to apply costs" to Moscow. The president made his remarks after meeting with Ukraine's new prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, at the White House. In local economic news on Friday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases ...

AMP becomes outright owner of NAB House

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... for existing buildings in the CBD. "As full owner of the building, we believe we can continue to extract value from this prime asset for investors over the long term," he said.

HIP Super CEO resigns

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... Super chief executive Ross Bernays has resigned from his role effective immediately and ahead of the super fund merger with Prime Super. HIP Super confirmed Bernays' resignation and a spokesperson of the fund told Financial Standard that a new board ...

Punishing Putin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... preparation of the scheduled G8 Summit in Sochi in June." But let's not stop there, according to The Globe and Mail, "(Canadian) Prime Minister Stephen Harper has warned Russia could be expelled from the G8 if it continues its military intervention in ...