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ASX jumps "despite" naughty news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
Ho ho ho! Santa's in town. That's the feeling one gets when one looks at the Australian equity markets' performance on the first trading day of that merriest month of the year. The S&P/ASX 200 index started the day strong and finished stronger - up ...

The world of ASFA according to Twitter

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... targeted incentives." Looping back to what @AustralianSuper's CEO Ian Silk said on Day One, the final day speaker, @StephenFry (Yes, the one with 11.1 million followers on Twitter), said that Steve Jobs drove innovation by focusing on what his customers ...

CIPRs not the entire answer for retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
The proposal for superannuation funds to have a comprehensive income product for retirement (CIPR) has experts cautious about defaulting members at a time when individual retirement solutions are most needed. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation ...

Senate to investigate white-collar crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
The Senate will start an inquiry into penalties for white-collar crime, following calls from regulators and Financial System Inquiry chair David Murray to strengthen the system. The Senate voted yesterday in favour of a Greens motion to establish the ...

Super funds should engage in pub theory

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
An Australian superannuation fund hosting your next pub trivia night could soon be a reality if it is not already happening, according to experts in behavioural science. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference ...

Chill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... the month with additions recorded in both full-time and part time jobs. Also, monthly hours worked rose by 1.2% last month. Yes, yes, I hear you... one swallow does not a spring make. This could all reverse at the next "Labour Force" publication. This ...

Road of no return

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... be interpreted as signaling lack of confidence in the strength of the U.S. economy or erode the Committee's credibility". Yes Virginia, lifting off in December would signal the Fed's confidence on the sustainability of growth in the US economy and could ...

Pepared for "lift-off" watch out for "ceasing"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... the pace of further tightening that matters - and that pace would be "go slow" - has FINALLY sunk into market consciousness. Yes "FINALLY" for Janet & Co had been telling us this since talks of lift-off and dot plots began. Here's Bloomberg's headline ...

No December lift off? Small chance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... pressures and inflation expectations, and readings on financial and international developments." December, December, December. Yes Virginia, I typed you can't miss "December," I didn't say they would lift in December. Read those lines again - it's littered ...

Japan does a double double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
It appears that for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) it's not a case of "be careful what you wish for..." and positive thinking for it's not working positively on its economy. Despite repeating the mantra that the economy continue to recover moderately and that ...