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Jobless rate in perspective

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009

... then, it is too many jobs lost now. The Opposition took 5.2 per cent and shoved it in front of Labour Prime Minister Kevin Rudd' face saying, you're a dud. Your spending has not worked. But consider this, 'The Economist' printed edition dated 14 October ...

Savings paradox

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009

... Eurozone - the Euro Stoxx index gained 5.5 per cent. The cheque is in the mail. Perhaps domestic investors were worried that the Rudd Government's A$11 billion cash handout - which coincidentally started flowing yesterday -- to Australians would be used ...

Lift retirement age, lower long term benefits: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009

... about to receive the Harmer pension review report which is expected to call for a lifting of age pension rates, and which the Rudd government has already signalled it will attempt to support in the coming Federal Budget. The Australian Seniors association ...

Parlie inquiry into sales commissions

ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2009

... Inquiry's speed reinforces speculation that major reforms in wealth management is likely to become a significant aspect of the Rudd Labor government's re-election platform, especially following the GFC, Prime Minister Rudd's repeated speeches about what ...

National clearing house shake-up

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009

... national superannuation clearing house, new models are emerging regarding how it could be done. In the May Budget last year, the Rudd government announced it had allocated $16 million to the Australian Taxation Office to manage the tendering process ...

Don't punish fin services for GFC: Pearce

ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009

... industry; as nearly all Australians would be adversely affected." Pearce's comments are a response to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's recent 8,000 word essay published in Monthly magazine, where he argued that the GFC was caused by market excesses themselves ...

Plusses and minuses

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009

... such as this leaves no doubt that the combined fiscal and monetary stimuli are having their desired effect on activity. The Rudd Government's pre-Christmas A$10.4 billion package which included pocket money for struggling households was mostly spent ...

Transcending politics

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009

... Government was doing a good job in managing the economy with only 33 per cent thinking that the Coalition would do a better job. Rudd's approval rating increased while Turnbull's declined. Haste makes waste. Legislators at the opposite side of the political ...

Contributions, efficiencies still matter

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009

... one per cent a year is equivalent to boosting GDP by the same amount. A two per cent lift would be almost equivalent to the Rudd's government's $42 billion economic stimulus package announced yesterday, said Weaven. Weavin said the superannuation industry ...

Damned if you do

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009

... 'mortgaging Australia's future by putting the Budget back into deficit or 'why roof insulation' - take your pick. Such is the Rudd-Swayne tandem's predicament that the former dynamic duo - Howard and Costello - could be secretly gloating 'glad it's them ...

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Insignia research, retirement income head to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | 12:55PM

Insignia Financial has confirmed its head of research and retirement income is set to leave the business as part of an ongoing wider change.

Geopolitical risks push APAC family office allocations locally

KARREN VERGARA | 12:32PM

Geopolitical risks are dictating how family offices in the Asia Pacific invest as more intend to shift asset allocations to their home regions, according to UBS.

New platform launches for high-net-worth families

ELIZA BAVIN | 12:32PM

The new wealthtech platform aims to assist in intergenerational wealth transfers.

SEC approves eight Ethereum ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN | 12:24PM

The SEC has given it's stamp of approval for Ethereum ETFs, including for BlackRock, Fidelity and VanEck among others.

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