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All about the slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... (May), is down to the lowest level in nearly six years. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) predict that the jobless rate would fall to 5.8% by yearend. The lead from the claimant count unemployment stats gives credence to ...

Tit-for-tats and all that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
Oh well, at least I got that one right. Er, half right to be fully correct. I was so wrong in thinking that the growing tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan as the next big 'crisis' to watch out for but I was bloody right that it would be Vlad that ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower, following the lead of Wall Street which fell amid anxiety about a correction and worries that the conflict in Ukraine could worsen. At 0810 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... the Reserve Bank's interest rate announcement and the full swing of earnings season. All 15 economists surveyed by AAP predict the RBA will leave the cash rate unchanged at 2.5 per cent on Tuesday. But, IG Market Analyst Stan Shamu says, investors are ...

Chumbawamba rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
Ho-hum. It's now so predictable that it's become so triple ho-hum boring. Yes folks, "Chumbawamba" still rules on Wall Street - it gets knocked down but it gets up again, nothing's ever going to keep it down. Only yesterday, I listed the list of crises ...

New PJC inquiry will "close the loop" on consumer protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
A new parliamentary inquiry to lift professional, ethical and education standards in the financial services industry will help close the loop on the consumer protection mechanism, Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall has ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street tumbled following some disappointing earnings reports in a move that some analysts attributed to profit taking. At 0802 AEST on Monday, the September share price index futures contract ...

Wall Street snubs the IMF

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
"The global growth projection for 2014 has been marked down by 0.3 percent to 3.4 percent, reflecting both the legacy of the weak first quarter, particularly in the United States, and a less optimistic outlook for several emerging markets. With somewhat ...

CBA whistleblower casts doubts over compensation scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
Former Commonwealth Bank (CBA) planner and whistleblower Jeff Morris has expressed concern over a number of aspects of the bank's Open Advice Review program to compensate victims of bad advice. The adviser, who blew the whistle on cases of advice misconduct ...

FSI recognises the "powerful force" of tech

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... and advise the government on technology and innovation. The report admitted that technology changes are "difficult to predict," but noted that there is a need to "remove disclosure requirements that have proven ineffective and facilitate new ways of ...