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Nothing's good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... Westpac chief economist Bill Evan's noted following the release of the consumer sentiment index, "The initial response to a budget can sometimes be an overreaction" and that we would need another month or two to determine whether the deterioration in ...

Budget cuts force ASIC to axe surveillance

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... axe proactive surveillance in a number of areas. ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft told the Senate Economics Committee during a budget estimates hearing that changes to the regulator's activity were "inevitable." Medcraft said that "with reduced budget, ASIC ...

ASIC budget cuts send the wrong message: Greens

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... Greg Medcraft said that ASIC will have to rely more on whistleblowers to remain effective, after the latest government budget cut its funding. "It takes significant and rare courage to be a whistle blower, this sends to wrong message to would-be criminals," ...

Australian investors prepare for market sell-off

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... the BEAR fund, which seems to reveal an undercurrent of nervousness in the domestic equities market following the federal budget announcement and its impact on consumer confidence," he said. "In addition, we have had a continual stream of mixed data ...

Bring on compulsory annuities, says Deloitte partner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... would have to guarantee it. The debate came just weeks after the British chancellor George Osborne announced in the UK budget that he would scrap compulsory annuitisation, following some poor market behaviour by annuities providers and a fierce negative ...

Raise preservation age with some exceptions: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... century. Pension, super and employment settings must ensure people have enough to live on when they retire and maintain budget sustainability."

Super advocates urge caution on age access

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... depends on their date of birth. For those born after June 30 1964, it's 60. The government announced in last week's federal budget that eligibility for the age pension will be increased to 70 years by July 2035. Amelia Christie manager of research and ...

Treasurer signals major superannuation shake up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... introducing sweeping reforms to bring superannuation into sync with age pension reforms that were announced in last week's budget. The Treasurer was speaking last night on the ABC Q&A program in front of a live audience in western Sydney. Responding ...

OMFG! Australia could lose an A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... trouble now Virginia... you, I and Irene! That credit ratings agency - Standard & Poor's has waded in into the Federal Budget and put us, Australians all, on notice. Just read S&P's sovereign analyst Craig Michael's lips: "If it looked as though "sizeable ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... Bank of Australia's May board meeting will be released, and Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson delivers his post-federal budget speech to economists in Sydney. RBA assistant governor (financial markets) Guy Debelle is scheduled to deliver a speech to ...