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Only the dead have seen the end of war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... versus March/April) points in this direction - even though special factors may have overstated the impact." This is bad enough in itself, but even worse when you consider that another big boy - Italy - is already in recession. Its economy shrank in the ...

US/EU v Russia's lose-lose is China's win-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... are playing a game of chess that'll ultimate end in a stalemate (only because I could not imagine that both are stupid enough to nuke the entire chessboard). A stalemate that'll leave you, I and Irene poorer in the process. Nah, I'm not referring to ...

FSC bids to lead retirement income debate

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... access to the Age Pension, the role of life insurance in decreasing the welfare burden, and whether or not 12% will be enough to provide for growing life expectancies. "The system must not only provide a majority of Australians with an adequate retirement ...

Planning industry on brink of golden era

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... on each other to raise professional standards saying: "About 40% of advisers only have the diploma and that's not good enough." He added: "There are some advisers who aren't good enough and they've got to go but there are others that are good enough ...

Bowen supports lump sum status quo

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... view is, annuities have an important role to play, but they have to stand up in the market. They have to be attractive enough to individuals who will make an assessment whether it's in their best interest. "The experience in Australia is that people ...

All about the slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... keep me down" (continued from yesterday's blurb). Small and almost flat they may be, but gains in the major indices were enough to take Wall Street up again after getting knocked down the previous day through to the open of last night's trading activity... ...

FSC Conference: Industry urged to prepare for Asia Passport pilot

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... of interest in the Asia Region Funds Passport scheme, particularly in Hong Kong. However, Simmons believes this is not enough to halt the progress of the initiative. "The APEC scheme will happen because governments and regulators want it to happen," ...

Tit-for-tats and all that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... increased at a slightly slower rate in July when compared to June". Yes that's it - inflation continues to behave. Not enough to justify imaginings that the Fed would start raising the fed funds rate sooner than expected. More so, if a bigger fall on ...

Chumbawamba rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... money that had Wall Street ended down instead of up today, this event would find its way into the headlines today. Ok, enough suspense. It's the escalating tension between two former Soviet states - Armenia and Azerbaijan. According to Al Jazeera America's ...

AIST slams Xenophon's super home loan proposal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... housing affordability, superannuation was not the answer. "The purpose of superannuation is to enable all Australians to have enough money for a dignified retirement. It is a key plank of the nation's retirement incomes policy and should never be used ...