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"Pleasant" but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
...and a but, but here, and a but, but there, everywhere a but, but. Looks like I'm not the only one who likes my buts around here. There were 'buts' a-plenty after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released this "lucky country's' economic scorecard ...

The certainty in a sea of uncertainties

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped for a flat start ahead of a major week of data that will indicate how the economy is travelling. The September share price index futures contract is down two points at 5,613. Locally on Monday, the Australian Bureau ...

Impartiality of FWC Expert Panel challenged again

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
The impartiality of the Fair Work Commission's two Expert Panels has again been challenged, with Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie calling on member Tim Harcourt to resign on the grounds that he is "biased towards the Labor Party." While Harcourt is ...

Select chair to become OneVue deputy CEO

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
Select Group chairman Brendan Foley will become OneVue's deputy chief executive after the wealth management company agreed to acquire Select Asset Management and Select Investment Partners. The deal, which is expected to be completed tomorrow, will ...

Consumers overwhelmingly positive about super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
Positive consumer sentiment towards superannuation has increased in most areas over the last year, according to the Superannuation Sentiment Index 2014, conducted jointly by ING Direct and the Financial Services Council (FSC). Sixty-one per cent of ...

PROFILE: ME Bank CEO Jamie McPhee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
Adelaide boy Jamie McPhee never worked a day in the profession for which he trained: civil engineering. Instead, on leaving university he headed straight to England to pursue a cricketing career in the Birmingham League. The highlight of his cricketing ...

China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
"As we travel down the road, side by side we'll share the load Hand in hand we'll see each other through." -- Kenny Nolan, "Love's Grown Deep" Not long now, Super Mario Draghi must be beaming with excitement for his upcoming date with Janet Yellen this ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after US stocks rallied on the back of fading fear about a clash between Russia and Ukraine forces. At 0656 AEST on Tuesday, the September share price index futures contract was up 25 points at 5,554. ...

Brumbie: Super idea, super silly reaction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Here we go again; a parliamentarian proposes a policy response to housing affordability involving superannuation and trade-side interest groups circle the wagons, warning of capital market calamity. Triggering this latest ruckus is that at end July ...