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Retiree 4pct drawdown limits too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... anticipated following their depletion that happened due unexpected investment losses. The research will reinforce calls by the Abbott government's Audit Commission that the pension age be aggressively raised as high as 70 and that access to Seniors Health ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... 11 cents at $13.75 and Woodside 23 cents higher at $38.18. Qantas was down 1.25 cents at $1.1525 as Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Qantas would face national interest tests even if the laws relating to majority Australian ownership were repealed.

A-dollar zero point six six

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... "benign collapse" to happen ensures that this is not happening. Some 'ifs' are even contradictory or in Prime Minister Abbott's words, "oppository". Take the case of the "if the US lifts its rates by mid-2015". The Fed would lift rates in response to ...

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... Telstra and Ford, among others, gave the negativity in the latest jobs numbers an extra kick. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Treasurer Joe Hockey must be wishing they "could blame it on the sunshine, blame it on the moonlight... blame it on ...

Oh what a feelin'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... Asian countries with lower currency values and wages and operating costs to pick from." Blame it on the Prime Minister Abbott, blame it on unions, blame ourselves for not buying our dogs Camry's but look under the hood and you'd see that my thoughts ...

Sinodinos defends "speedy" FoFA legislation

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... there as quickly as possible, and get on with it." "My remit from the Treasurer Joe Hockey and the Prime Minister Tony Abbott is that we get on with our election commitments," he said. This week, as part of its move to wind back the former government's ...

Aussie employment outlook 'slightly dismal': Sloan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
Australia's unemployment rate is set to pass 6% in the coming year, and could go further if the Abbott government does not address labour market regulation, according to The Australian contributing economics editor Judith Sloan. Speaking at the annual ...

There's the good news and the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014

Wilson HTM CFO steps down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... Karen Penrose has stepped down. Don Mackenzie has been appointed company secretary with immediate effect, with Philippa Abbott continuing in as assistant company secretary. Todd Curby and Shaun Sanders will continue in their roles as joint group financial ...

In praise of the gloom and doomers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014