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May the Fed be with you

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... December. But... the devil's details confirm that the adverse winter conditions affected overall growth. And oh, this was yesterday's news. And oh, with growth (if you could call it growth) like this... a pick-up in succeeding months may not be just ...

FSC will take FWC to Federal Court

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... constitution of the Expert Panel is "invalid". This decision comes after FWC president Iain Ross issued a statement yesterday in which he denied the FSC's request for a hearing, as well as ruling out a one week extension for MySuper submissions.

netwealth appoints head of investment and research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... research The company made the announcement that Paul O'Connor would take up the position on May 19 during its yearly update yesterday. O'Connor is making the move to netwealth less than a year after his appointment at Challenger, where he was responsible ...

Treasurer readies electorate for Age Pension cuts

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... Pension will headline a raft of belt-tightening measures in the upcoming Budget. In a speech at Sydney's Doltone House yesterday, the Treasurer said that Australia's spending was higher than other developed economies and growing at a faster rate. "To ...

Dumping dear momos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... by end-2015, it's now fetching more than US$0.94 (though we still have a lot to go until 2015). While some considered yesterday's China news - exports and imports came in lower than expectations - it's good news for China growth. Taken at face value ...

Australian budget to blow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... the minutes of the Fed's 18-19 March FOMC meeting win it for Wall Street. The S&P 500 and the Dow jumped by 1.1% and yesterday's hated Nasdaq is now loved again, up 1.7%. But this was - more or less - how we saw it when the Fed released its statement ...

ICAC grills Sinodinos on $20 million inducement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... participate in a public private partnership. Answering questions at the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) yesterday, Sinodinos, who was chair of AWC at the time, said he did not believe the detail was relevant. Questioning the senator ...

Government takes aim at corporation tax

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... to the Treasurer Steven Ciobo. Speaking at the Financial Services Council (FSC) Life Insurance Conference in Sydney yesterday, Ciobo said he was 'wary' about where Australia's financial services industry is heading. "We've spent many years talking about ...

Lawyer exposes ASIC favours to big players

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... James Wheeldon has revealed the regulator gave favourable treatment to the big end of the market. Wheeldon appeared yesterday at a public hearing of the Senate inquiry into the performance of the regulator. He exposed how the Investment and Financial ...

Prescriptions galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014