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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... Authority, "This robust performance of the economy increases the likelihood of achieving the DBCC-approved [Development Budget Coordination Committee] GDP growth projection of 6.8% to7.8 percent for full year 2016, despite the weak agriculture and fishery ...

Mirae backs Asian consumers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... to 10 years as more urbanisation occurs. "In whatever strata the consumer is, they are always upgrading within their own budget," Chadha said. "We're also seeing the huge time being spent on the digital experience. In India, Facebook would have close ...

Public sector retirees still seek answers

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... cap began on 1 January, 2016. ACPSRO suspects the figures would show the effects of the 10% cap, announced in the 2015 budget, are "quite different to the objectives claimed at that time by the then Minister for Social Services, Scott Morrison, and have ...

Govt underestimates SMSF Budget impact: BGL

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
Changes in the Federal Budget may affect as many as 85,000 SMSFs with 160,000 members, SMSF administration provider, BGL Corporate Solutions - many more than suggested in the budget papers. BGL is concerned the proposed $1.6 million pension cap will ...

PROFILE: Mercer senior partner David Knox

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... be linked with life expectancy. Knox recalls that initially both ideas were knocked back, before Rudd, in his very next budget, introduced the new pension age. Knox still advocates the pension age should be linked to expectancy "so we don't get a political ...

Super needs calm after budget shake-up: Vamos

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... decade. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Pauline Vamos shared this belief at ASFA's post-budget luncheon in Sydney on Wednesday. At her final ASFA event before leaving the industry body in June, Vamos said unhappiness ...

Multi-factor investing applies to credit too: Robeco

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... remains relatively low while yields and returns can be enhanced. But even in this low risk strategy we do allocate some risk budget to the other factors to prevent from going against the other factors."

ASIC levies up 150pct

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... ASIC. The proposed levies reveal that $70.4 million would be required to fund ASIC, a change of $43.2m from the 2015-16 budget. Total levies funding required for all relevant Commonwealth agencies and departments, including APRA, ASIC, ATO and Superstream ...

RBA envy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... down 3.4%; Hong Kong's down 4.5%; China's down 0.9%; Singapore's down 3.8%; South Korea's down 0.9%. Was it the Federal Budget that caused the Australian equities to zig when most others zagged? Or the upcoming 2 July Federal elections (but this was ...

Shorten attacks government's retro super changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten used his budget reply speech last night to label the government's superannuation changes as "retrospective" and reaffirm Labor's election policy on the $2 trillion industry. On Tuesday the government announced ...