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Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... faire policy works. Now we have two Frenchmen suggesting we no longer bother with the two words they contributed to the English language and to economic thought. It wasn't that long ago that the international community frowned when Malaysia's Mahathir ...

BT Wrap releases plain English investor guide

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
BT Wrap joins the campaign to make product disclosure statements much easier to understand through its new Investor Guide. Launched after six months of intensive customer research, the BT Wrap Investor Guide is part of BT Wrap's focus on innovation ...

UK fast tracks pension reforms

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... UK's 2009/10 deficit stood at 11.4 per cent of GDP, with the national debt over 70 per cent of GDP. Meanwhile, across the English channel, rioting and widespread strikes have continued on the streets of France, as students joined workers in protesting ...

Rediscovering our Indian Ocean character

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... India's prospects are even more exciting over the long term due to its favourable demographics and skills base. And as an English speaking, cricket loving, commonwealth democracy, India has a more lot in common with Australia than China, he said. Power's ...

Basis Yield lawsuit continues

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
... Morrison v. National Australia Bank, because BYAFM signed a document in Australia and that Goldman assigned the trade to an English-incorporated subsidiary. BYAFM replied that unlike the Morrison case, where an Australian purchaser bought an Australian-traded ...

Overseas pensions shine in communications

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
... plan provider used inspirational images such as athletes jumping and a bike rider at high speed with the use of plain English dialogue to help communicate to young members. A Swedish fund used a video of dancing soldier in traditional regalia, which ...

Central plank of Cooper Review is MySuper

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... of the option are, namely lower fees, easier to compare with other options, includes intra-fund advice and uses plain English in relevant superannuation documents. A clear difference with existing default fund options is that MySuper will have an embedded ...

Cooper recommends info dashboard for members

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
Cooper has advocated super funds create a standardised plain English 'dashboard' for members that allow them to compare the risk of different investment options and find out the fees and costs of each option. Released this morning, the Super System ...

The art of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... Standard has read it. Read the text of the PBOC announcement again... and again. Now tell me, where in the six paragraphs of English text do you find the Chinese central bank stating that it would appreciate the yuan? Where? Ahah! Can't find it either ...

A stitch in time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... could also damp inflation, IMF's second in command John Lipsky adds. But what did the PBOC say exactly? According to its English translation, the post reads: "The global economy is gradually recovering. The recovery and upturn of the Chinese economy ...