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ASFA backs CSIRO/Monash superannuation research alliance

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... research effort focused on two issues: Superannuation funds and the economy and the Relationship between individuals aged 60-plus and the economy. In its paper, ASFA said that both of these areas were policy priorities. "The challenge is how to facilitate ...

Not ugly enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
... otherhand". Think about it. What if consensus expectations were for only a 20K gain in payrolls and it came out as it did - plus 80K - does that mean that it's boom time in America once more! Looks like company CFOs have beaten economists on this game ...

Good one day, no good the next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
... what we got during previous euro gabfests - agreements to discuss a solution to the crisis at the next summit. C'est la vie. Plus ASa change...

Fed twists again like it did last summer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... Reserve's decision hit the screens shortly after midday NY time -- the Dow dropped by 90 points, then oscillated between plus and minus before closing a mere 0.1% lower. The Fed decided to extend Operation Twist's -- selling shorter-term bonds and uses ...

Older Australians delaying retirement

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... Roberts from the Australian National University. Results were drawn from a survey of 3,500 people ranging in age from 50 to 85-plus.

Ponzi scheme operators plead guilty

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... Truong have pleaded guilty in the Downing Centre Local Court, in Sydney, to operating a Ponzi scheme called the Integrity Plus Fund. According to ASIC, between December 2004 and December 2007 the Integrity Plus scheme raised in excess of $30 million ...

Pop goes the QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... 6.2% from its 1 May peak (from down 9% last Friday), turning the negative performance for the year just a week ago into a plus 2.0% gain. If the Dow continues to gain by just 0.05% between now until the FOMC meeting on the 19th of this month, that'll ...

Still a guessing game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... panic ensues. But then, there's the Bernanke put. Chances are Wall Street would come out at the other side of 2012 with a plus sign - it's an election year after all and history shows that Wall Street goes up in election years. And according to hubpages.com ...

New platform to help client engagement post FOFA

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... Egger. "Needs have already been highlighted, by the prospect themselves, and it's a much softer first experience than a 20-plus page fact find. "The Astute Wheel and the suite of tools allow planners to very quickly and very simply explain the power ...

Not that rainy day feeling again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
... there extreme fear. The VIX index tells us so. It closed 14.8% higher overnight to 24.1 - high but not as high as the 40 plus readings seen last August and October. Also, note that despite the headline grabbing ups and downs in the equity markets of ...