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Super leaders take out King's Birthday honours

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
... was awarded Officer of the Order of Australia in the general division for "distinguished service to the people and Parliament of Australia, and to the banking and superannuation industries." Finally, Sputore, a former president of the Australian Chamber ...

FSC hails super choice amendments

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... Services Council has praised the government for introducing amendments to superannuation laws. The introduction to parliament of amendments to superannuation laws to allow workers in new enterprise agreements to choose their own superannuation fund have ...

Chief economist update: Economy slows to decade low but still tops the pops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... numbers under their watch. As per Frydenberg: "Significantly, these numbers do not incorporate the passage through parliament of the most significant tax cuts in more than 20 years and the full impact of the RBA's decision to reduce interest rates ...

Financial services industry welcomes 'Yes' result

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... fairness, Yes for commitment, Yes for love," Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said. "And now it is up to us here in the Parliament of Australia to get on with it, to get on with the job the Australian people have tasked us to do and get this done. This ...

Retail funds cheer super board governance bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
Retail superannuation funds have welcomed the introduction in Parliament of the bill that seeks to mandate the presence of independent directors in boards. "With over $2 trillion currently sitting in the superannuation pool, good governance has never ...

No Grexit, no Cyprexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
Go ahead punk, make my day! This is basically what the Parliament of itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie Cyprus told its Goliath paymasters when it rejected their demand to impose a tax on bank deposits as a pre-condition to their salvation. Not one of the 56 ...

Act soon on Johnson Report: FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... the spokesperson. "Consultation on the final phase of the IMR reforms is underway, following the passage through Parliament of the first two phases." Opening Australia's service sector was a priority in the Asian Century White Paper, the spokesperson ...

Lessons learned from Opes Prime

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... noted that steps have been taken in the right direction, particularly following the October 2009 passage through parliament of the Corporations Legislation Amendment (Financial Services Modernisation) Bill 2009. The bill defines margin lending arrangements ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2006
The IBES database of analyst estimates of future company profitability has revealed that 2007 is expected to show an average increase in profits of 15 per cent, expected to slow to 5 per cent the following year. This follows earnings growth of 21 per ...
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