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FEATURE: Bulldozing the infrastructure roadblocks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
In May, Prime Minister Tony Abbott made good on his promise to be an 'infrastructure prime minister', dedicating billions of dollars to infrastructure development in the budget. But is this enough to get the bulldozers bulldozing? James Fernyhough takes ...

Super sector eyes Qld ports and generators

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
The superannuation sector has welcomed the Queensland government's plan to sell $33.6 billion worth of infrastructure assets, announced in a draft proposal released with the budget on Tuesday. The report flags a number of assets for sale or long-term ...

Nothing's good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
My oh my oh my and boyoboyoboy. There's just no pleasing us, Australians all, is there? Australians all let's not rejoice. No! Don't rejoice at National Statistician's official count that the economy of this land girt by sea expanded by 1.1% in the ...

Budget cuts force ASIC to axe surveillance

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
The cuts to the funding of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have forced the regulator to axe proactive surveillance in a number of areas. ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft told the Senate Economics Committee during a budget estimates ...

ASIC budget cuts send the wrong message: Greens

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
Cuts to the funding of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) send the wrong message to would-be criminals, Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson said. Whish-Wilson spoke after ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said that ASIC will have to ...

Australian investors prepare for market sell-off

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
Australian equity investors are positioning themselves for a pullback in the market, trading volumes in BetaShares exchange traded products (ETPs) show. According to BetaShares' data, the average daily value traded of the BetaShares Australian Equities ...

Bring on compulsory annuities, says Deloitte partner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
The government should introduce compulsory deferred lifetime annuities as a way of insuring against longevity risk, Deloitte's lead superannuation advisory partner Russell Mason has said. Speaking about the future of superannuation at Russell Investments' ...

Raise preservation age with some exceptions: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) is pushing for an increase in the preservation age to 65, but with early access measures for those who are unable to work to that age. The FSC said that, with the Age Pension eligibility age set to rise to 70 by ...

Super advocates urge caution on age access

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
Superannuation advocates have urged the federal government not to rush any changes to the age at which people can access their retirement savings. Treasurer Joe Hockey has hinted the government could change the age at which people could access their ...

Treasurer signals major superannuation shake up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey has given the strongest signal yet that the government will be introducing sweeping reforms to bring superannuation into sync with age pension reforms that were announced in last week's budget. The Treasurer was speaking last night ...