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Greece is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... for the fence sitters. The drop in employment lies within the realm of statistical noise and the BLS update of its population estimates may have accounted for the lower jobless rate. The bottomline is that the US labour market is not growing fast enough ...

From ratchet to resilient: an economy in bloom

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... consumers to save. "Given the findings of the Intergenerational Report (IGR), you can't manage an economy with an ageing population without increasing [personal] savings seriously... specially because I think healthcare costs are going to escalate far ...

NZ Super appoints Elementum Advisors

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... designed to reduce the tax burden on future New Zealand taxpayers of the cost of New Zealand superannuation. An ageing population means the cost of providing New Zealand superannuation is expected to double over the next 50 years. To prepare for this ...

IGR signals tax and health reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
Fiscal pressures due to Australia's ageing population outlined in the latest Intergenerational Report strengthen the case for health reform, tax reform, national productivity growth targets and the removal of the compulsory retirement age. Yesterday ...

HLB Mann Judd search for Henry clues

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
While investors will have to wait a while before they find out what the tax system changes are following the Henry Review, a leading tax expert takes a stab at what the new regime could be. Although the Treasurer is not giving anything away regarding ...

Investing on thin ice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... medium-term or long-term risks of economies deteriorating. What's worse, long-term risks such as the needs of the ageing population became medium-term risks after retirement savings dived alongside markets, he said. To navigate through the fragile global ...

Johnson Report maps out new world order

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... sector accounts for 7.5 per cent of Australia's GDP and employs 390,000 people, a huge portion of the country's working population.

Room for Russia in BRIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... stockmarket drivers that could compensate for the volatility. "Russia's got fantastic resources, it's got a big consumer population who still don't have mortgages and the shift to the middle class is now just happening," he said. "Yes, 2008 was a very ...

Damned either way

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009

Still a lucky country: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
... as the last three interest rate rises prove. Combine that with the nation's 'she'll be right' attitude and you get a population that is generally optimistic. That said, the low ratio of those surveyed intending to invest new money is a clear signal that ...