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MySuper gets Government tick

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to operate the MySuper fund. "The MySuper reforms are part of the Gillard Labor Government's plan for a stronger economy and are the next phase of Labor's reforms to our national superannuation system," ...

Industry backs MySuper reforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... the Financial Services Council, formerly IFSA, was pleased that the MySuper proposal had been adjusted but called on the Labor Party to open the industry fund monopoly on industrial awards. "Opening the default market to competition is crucial to ensuring ...

Boring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... will have the entire weekend to ponder over the US results while we keep one ear peeled for more leaks from the rat in the Labor Party.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... product for the April-June quarter, to be released Friday. There was little to help traders get that clarity Thursday. The Labor Department said initial claims for unemployment benefits dropped by a modest 11,000 to 457,000 last week. That's slightly ...

Coalition details stance on commissions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... the Coalition would release more details about its financial services policy before the election and raised concerns about Labor's recommendation that financial planning clients need to opt-in for the advice annually. "Small business financial planners ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... slowing in manufacturing activity in the northeast, while the Fed reported modest growth in industrial output nationwide. The Labor Department said first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, but that was largely due to seasonal factors. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... measure of the markets, climbed 9.98 points, 0.94 per cent to settle at 1,070.25. Investors picked up bargains after the Labor Department said new claims for US unemployment benefits dipped more than expected last week. Initial claims fell to 454,000 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... and the broad-market S&P 500 index lost 3.34 points (0.32 per cent) to settle at 1,027.37. Before the opening bell, the Labor Department said initial claims for jobless benefits rose to 472,000 in the week ending June 26, an increase of 13,000 from the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... was up 27.9 points, or 0.62 per cent, at 4514, as Julia Gillard made her first statement after being elected leader of the Labor Party. The broader All Ordinaries index was 21.5 points higher, by 0.46 per cent, at 4530.9. On the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... weighed down for the foreseeable future by governments' deep spending cuts. Spain admitted it was having trouble reforming its labor market - a key element in resurrecting its economy - in the face of opposition from unions. German Chancellor Angela ...