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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
The Australian market looks set to follow Wall Street's downward lead and open lower, a day after rising 2.5 per cent and posting its biggest gains since October 6 2011. US stocks reversed early gains and ended lower on revived concerns about the eurozone ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
In the new edition of Financial Standard, we look at best practice post-FOFA fee disclosure, SuperStream readiness, superannuation insurance and profile First Super's chief executive Bill Watson. You can read these articles on your iPad by downloading ...

New Treasurer Bowen takes control of financial services and super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
Chris Bowen will take over responsibility for the financial services and superannuation portfolio from Bill Shorten, as part of his responsibilities as treasurer. Previously a separate portfolio with a separate minister (Shorten), Prime Minister Kevin ...

Shorten loses superannuation portfolio

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
Bill Shorten has retained his workplace relations portfolio but is no longer Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, following Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's announcement of his new cabinet. He has been given responsibility for school education ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street helped by data showing more strength and confidence in the US economy and as worries eased over a credit crunch in China. At 0645 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price ...

Labor completes super agenda with passage of four bills

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
The federal government's superannuation reform agenda is complete following the passage of four bills through the Senate last night. Included in the new laws (listed below) was an increase in concessional contribution caps to $35,000 for people over ...

Russell appoints three to actuarial team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
Russell Investments has expanded its actuarial consulting team with three new senior appointments. Louise Campbell has been promoted to director and head of actuarial, while new hires Bill Buttler and Margaret O'Halloran join as director and senior ...

China's rebalancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
Uh-oh, looks like it's still "not safe... very dangerous, be careful". Just when the Fed's started to deploy some official to unwind the fear that Bernanke's "tapering soon" rhetoric created, along comes China. New York Fed president Bill Dudley remarked ...

Coalition pledges support for super laws amendments bill

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
The Coalition has said it will support the federal government's Superannuation Laws Amendment Bill, granting tax relief to superannuation funds which do not acquire a MySuper licence. Under MySuper regulations, funds which do not offer a MySuper product ...

Excess super contributions amendments pass House of Reps

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
Amendments to the government's Fairer Taxation of Excess Concessional Contributions legislation has passed the lower house. Minister for Superannuation Bill Shorten's office said the legislation is expected to go before the Senate late next week, and ...