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Liar

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2010
"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." - Sir Walter Scott (Marmion, 1808) Greece has just climb 10 notches up crap creek when Eurostat - the European Union's official Statistician - called it a liar. Eurostat revealed last ...

Health Super members get insurance boost

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
No longer employed with a registered employer but still with Health Super? New insurance arrangements mean members can still receive cover despite ceasing employment with an employer. Health Super, which had $8 billion-plus in funds under management ...

Co-contribs bungle is costing taxpayers: Hartsuyker

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... million, so the cost to the taxpayer will be at least $1 million," said Hartsuyker. The ATO noted on its website that it would stop paying super co-contributions from last February but they are expected to resume the payments in April. The ATO said interest ...

Enviable problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2010
... March 2008. What increased the fear factor was that most forecasters predicted that the country's jobless rate would not stop climbing until it hit double-digits. I typed 'most' because our Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) did not buy into ...

Aussie planners overworked: survey

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... at Evolve Logic. "We, as an industry, have a duty of care to our staff and must ensure we are putting measures in place to stop this scenario occurring." The industry needs to improve productivity by streamlining processes, said Bell. "Over 40 per cent ...

When old news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... recovery is on track." He also repeated view that using the phrase "extended period" has put the Fed in a "box". Read, we better stop promising free money or it may blow up in our faces. This one from another Charles, Philadelphia Fed President Plosser ...

Fundie backs strategy with own nest egg

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... bathwater. There are some companies that can carry a lot of debt," he said, explaining that long-term, people aren't going to stop drinking beer. The T. Rowe Price Global Equity Core Growth trust is modelled after the US-based global large-cap equity ...

Land of the free money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... levels of the federal funds rate for an extended period." OMG! They really are the same! The FOMC also confirmed that it would stop buying mortgage-backed securities and agency debt by the end of this month as scheduled. And as in January, Kansas City ...

Tale of two extremes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... investor pessimism that characterised the mood heading into the 9 March 2009 low for US equities, there seemed to be nothing to stop share prices of companies with dotcom attached to it from heading higher...and higher. In a space of only one year, the ...

Ex Macq manager restrained from departure

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
ASIC has obtained court orders restraining former Macquarie Bank portfolio manager, Oswyn De Silva, from leaving Australia. The consent orders were obtained from the Supreme Court of New South Wales and prevents De Silva from leaving, or attempting ...