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On austerity, growth and expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... austerity many, many time in the past. And Paul Krugman, you're a mainstream economist too. "We know that cutting spending and raising taxes is tough in a slow-growth economy with persistent unemployment." Duh! But back to stimulation and growing. There's ...

Global cooling on carbon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... energy bills. They need that with many national governments on an austerity crusade - reducing fiscal spending here and raising taxes there. Whatever works to keep the Eurozone economy working again. And once more, like any made in Europe predicament ...

Boston Bombs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... prices on firms that sells commodities. The bullish way: Lower commodity prices enhances consumer's disposable income, raising spending, lifting profits, increasing investment in equipment, machinery and staffing, raising spending... They also reduce ...

Brogden reaffirms campaign warning to politicians

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... surprise and questioned the speed at which a decision was reached, he supported many of the proposals, particularly the raising of the concessional contributions cap to $35,000 for people over 60. "This is an incentive for mature Australians to contribute ...

ESG risks can wipe $21.4bn off sharemarket: study

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... to issues that hadn't been studied before. "There are concerns about bank fees and how that would play, concerns about raising electricity prices and how that affects companies now and regulating utilities in the future," she said. The paper received ...

Time to rebalance as cash returns fall: Bridgewater

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... to deteriorate. Investors can tackle the problem by investing more efficiently and diversifying their portfolio through raising their allocations once more to bonds and equities. "Equities dramatically outperform cash in periods of low inflation while ...

AMP raises $200m for property investment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... from Australian institutions and a new mandate from a European pension fund. The investment manager began the capital raising in November 2012. The new equity will assist in funding the $390 million, 135,000 square metre redevelopment of Macquarie Centre ...

FPA reiterates need for professional qualifications

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... Advice reforms being implemented by the government in July. "This campaign is in line with the FPA's continuous work in raising the bar for financial planning and our quest to turn financial planning into a respected profession in Australia. Our CFP ...

FICAP Rockstars gear up for tonight's fundraising

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... competition will be fierce with 12 RockStar hopefuls trying to win over the judges and the finance industry crowd, while raising money for Redkite's 'Support a Young Person' program in NSW and YWCA NSW's 'FICAP Voices Program'. "The amount of talent ...

The happening

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2013
... 2013 his bond firm predicted at the end of last year. It says a lot about optimism when even the biggest bond firm is raising its growth forecast. Speaking of optimism, there's another indicator I found while trawling through my database over the weekend. ...