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No QE, not bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
Guess we're no longer BFF (best friends forever) with Ben. No sir, not after he quashed everyone's hopes that QE the third is about to sail. How could you do this to us BFF? It's all over the headlines: "U.S. Stocks Fall as Fed Minutes Damp Stimulus ...

Super scale requires immediate action

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
Super funds must act on scale now if they are to perform well under the Stronger Super reforms, according to a retirement head at Mercer, with forward projections a necessary outcome. Under the Stronger Super reforms, super trustees will have to determine ...

Can't fix what's not broken, yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... something like that (I can't find his actual quotation). The "they will" half point to RBA Governor Glenn Stevens' own assessment last month that growth is "somewhat below trend" and recent indicators showing a softening in the non-resource sector of ...

ECT assessments spike on government cap decision

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... Consultative Committee and that the Government is responding to the issue with the de-miminus test in deciding to raise an assessment. "There should have been some remedy to fix that many people impacted by a policy decision but the Government is clearly ...

Wheel of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... the US. Less than a fortnight later, even the unchanged outlook for the US economy has been changed. In its interim assessment of the economic outlook, the OECD lifted its US Q1 and Q2 2012 growth projections to 2.9% and 2.8%, respectively - up from ...

All that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... rising sharply in February. The moderate decline was due solely to a less favorable short-term outlook, while consumers' assessment of current conditions, on the other hand, continued to improve. The Present Situation Index now stands at its highest ...

Big Ben boosta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... unemployment, the continued weakness in aggregate demand is likely the predominant factor". What do we need? "If this assessment is correct, then accommodative policies to support the economic recovery will help address this problem as well." But "if ...

Benchmarks allow funds to abdicate responsibility: Future Fund

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012
Peer group measures are liable to lead funds to perverse decisions on asset allocation rather than an appropriate assessment of risk, the Future Fund's chief investment officer has warned a superannuation gathering. In times of extreme market volatility ...

Match making service launched for advisers

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
Pinnacle Practice has launched a new service for advisers and licensees, aimed at helping them find the most compatible match for their businesses. The My Dealer Group service offers independent licensee/adviser compatibility assessments. "In many respects ...

Breach in contrib caps should not be taken for revenue: CPA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
Speaking at the House of Representatives Committee on Economics inquiry today, Michael Davison, superannuation policy adviser, CPA, warned against using a "sledgehammer for a walnut" by overcomplicating the law for a very small number who purposefully ...