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Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... "There's been some economic data in the last day or so which had been mildly positive, and there was a figure from China yesterday that was probably the biggest thing that changed sentiment yesterday. "And very importantly as far as our market is concerned ...

Labor to oppose rise in pension age

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... the government's bill to lift the Age Pension eligibility age to 70. As part of his budget reply speech in parliament yesterday, Shorten accused the government of 'haranguing' Australians about working until they are 70. "I have spent my adult life representing ...

Low income retirees to feel budget pain

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Speaking at ASFA's post-budget briefing in Sydney yesterday, Vamos said that while there was not a great deal in the budget that directly affects superannuation, there will be ...

BOE qualifies for World Cup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... couldn't the BOE? Yes it could! By most indications, the Bank of England (BOE) should have been lifting interest rates... yesterday. Let us count the ways... Economic growth is accelerating. Real GDP expanded by 3.1% in the year to the March quarter ...

Timely market surge for a tough budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... Perhaps not. Then again, perhaps the baker, the butcher and the candlestick maker has read my musings on this space yesterday (I wish) that the currency wars "indicate that central bank policies would remain accommodative for a good while yet". No central ...

ISA and FSC prepare for Federal Court clash

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... Australia (ISA) looks likely over the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) involvement in workplace superannuation. The FSC yesterday lodged an application with the Federal Court of Australia challenging the validity of the Fair Work Commission's Expert Panel ...

Super to engender securitisation 'rebirth': Brogden

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden. Speaking at the Actuaries Institute's Financial Services Forum yesterday, Brogden argued that as asset concentration risk increasingly becomes an issue for monster funds, one new domestic avenue ...

Age Pension to rise to 70 by 2035

MARK SMITH, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... the long-term issues." This is a less generous policy than that recommended by the Commission of Audit Report released yesterday. The commission recommended that the eligibility age for the Age Pension be set not at a fixed age, but rather at 77% of ...

ECB to stay in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... Phew! That was close. No Virginia, we didn't hear this sigh of relief from European Central Bank president Mario Draghi yesterday, but we would have had the Fed's policy announcement and America's first quarter GDP growth update not drowned out the latest ...

BTIM on the hunt for new investment teams

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... Gonzalez said. The company boss said the group would not rest on its laurels in light of the strong numbers it posted yesterday and is looking at new ways to secure strong growth over the coming years. "It takes time to develop opportunities and when ...