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Slides can be fun too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2014
... dirty vehicle fuels, such as diesel. Lighter fuels are dearer and, under current plans, drivers could pay up to 70% of the extra; lower prices will soften that blow. More generally, says Lin Boqiang of Xiamen University, lower prices should support the ...

From oil at US$300 to oil at US$30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
And an oil, oil here, oil, oil there, everywhere an oil, oil. It had been on a slippery slope since prices peaked in the dying days of June this year, but 'twas only last week when the headlines splattered oil all over our faces and onto market consciousness. ...

APRA's IT infrastructure strains

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
In an extraordinary admission, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has written to super fund trustees telling them APRA's information technology and data management systems are struggling to deal with the new data reporting regime ...

Sliding oil price would stop the slide in the oil price

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
The cartel that controls 40% of oil production - the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) - met and concluded their 166th meeting in Vienna, Australia last night. The conclusion: "...in the interest of restoring market equilibrium, the ...

Big yawn on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
The biggest developed economy in the world growing at a revised annualised rate of 3.9% (from an initial guess of 3.5%) in the third quarter and Wall Street gives it a big gaping yawn? What gives? The tale of the Wall Street tape showed the S&P 500 ...

Crowding in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... posited back in the 1820's that given increased government spending (read deficit), rational consumers would merely save the extra money to compensate for what they expect to be increased taxes in the future when the government tries to repay its debt ...

G20, FTA and Vlad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... digress. Back to the G20 promises, promises. In their communiquA(C), the G20 promised measures to boost their economies by an extra 2.1% by 2018. Now where have I heard that before? Oh yeah, 'twas in Washington in their communiquA(C) dated 11 April 2014 ...

Retail MySuper transition too slow: ISA

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
... raising concerns the slow retail MySuper transition is costing retail super fund members hundreds of millions of dollars in extra fees. Rainmaker analysis of the MySuper statistics released last month by the regulator, the Australian Prudential Regulation ...

ETFs jump 44 pct to $13.6bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... by the ASX. But while the money managed in ETFs is surging the number of ETF products is relatively stable with just an extra eight funds joining the sector over the past year. In October 2013 there were 90 ETFs and now there are 98. The 44% increase ...

AIA signs life insurance deal with RAC

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... Accident Protect - have been created. The products will provide life insurance protection with up to 10% bonus cover at no extra cost for RAC members. The partnership with RAC follows recent deals struck between AIA Australia and Bendigo Bank to provide ...