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Aussie pension policy needs careful adjustment: IMF

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Australia's complex superannuation system disproportionately benefits higher-income earners and "undermines the progressivity of the income tax system." The IMF's latest economic assessment of Australia says ...

S&P warns banks on cyber risk

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... believe the breach has caused significant reputational issues that could result in a major loss of customers or if the monetary or legal losses significantly hurts capital." It added that if attacks on banks were significantly widespread, S&P might consider ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... gradual pace of tightening thereafter". Or did she? "But if the economy surprises us, our judgments about appropriate monetary policy will change." The way the world economy and financial markets is "surprising us" this very moment, gives more credence ...

Confused and confounded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... the Fed to do. Wall Street fell on the day - 18 September -- the Fed announced that it is maintaining the status quo on monetary policy. Sure, the Street was disappointed, hence the adverse reaction. The American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) ...

Fed will lift later this year if...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... has already rung even before US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen uttered her first word on "Inflation Dynamics and Monetary Policy" at the At the Philip Gamble Memorial Lecture, University of Massachusetts, overnight. Then again, Wall Street didn't ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Noi, noi, noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... "Australia will be the worst-hit advanced economy from slowing Chinese investment growth, according to International Monetary Fund research. Only Iran, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Zambia and Chile would suffer bigger effects on their economies." (Australian ...

Expect slow "boil" Fed hikes: Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... manager of the top-performing Magellan Global Fund and chief executive of the $38 billion fund manager said the Fed's monetary tightening has the potential to be painful. However, he is confident the Fed will draw the process out over many years in a ...

Speculation springs eternal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... balanced that Janet and Co decided to err on the side of caution. For what good would it do to take the first step into monetary policy normalisation now if it causes the financial markets and the US economy to take two or three steps back in the process? ...

The moment of truth cometh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... busily crunching the numbers as I type to give an intelligent and convincing rationale for "aye" or "nay" vote come their monetary policy deliberations on 16-17 September. It's crunch time for financial markets too, given the reaction they've displayed ...