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Calls to cut super contribs fails to get traction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... artillery. A group of economists lead by Nick Gruen, principle of the Lateral Economics consultancy, has written to the Prime Minister proposing that employer super contributions be cut from 9 to 6 per cent with the money transferring to employees as ...

Super funds reject calls to cut super contrib

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
A group of economists lead by Nick Gruen, principal of the Lateral Economics consultancy, have written to the Prime Minister proposing that employer super contributions be cut from 9 to 6 per cent with the money transferring to employees as take-home ...

Vianova weathers financial crisis

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
Savvy fixed income managers such as Vianova have emerged victorious in the bear market as their minimal sub-prime exposure and backing of bonds pay off, according to Australian Unity Investments. Investors who liquidated assets to protect income by ...

Que sera, sera

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
... financial markets and the economy.' An issue for the future? Somehow it sounds like an echo of the mantra espoused by sub-prime borrowers, investment banks, lending institutions, local governments, etc. when they were leveraging to the hilt. But the ...

You earn, I spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... during a recession or war. The idea was scrapped in 2004. And fortunately for the Labour Government it was. The Federal Prime Minister and the Treasurer conceded yesterday that the budget could go into a 'temporary deficit.' And as surely as night follows ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2008
... Woolworths Ltd, Tower Australia Group Ltd, Australian Worldwide Exploration Ltd, Centro Retail Group, Becker Group Ltd, Prime Media Group Ltd, Centennial Coal Company Ltd, Poseidon Nickel Ltd, Queensland Gas Company Ltd, Mirabela Nickel Ltd, Village ...

In defense of Citi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
... World Trade Center. Lehman committed hara kiri. It died of overdose. By taking too much exposure to unsecured mortgages, sub-prime borrowing and structured investments. It could have survived had the medics at the US Federal Reserve and the US Treasury ...

Don't worry, be happy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... prophecy. For the younger generation, this expectations bias had been clearly demonstrated in the dotcom bubble and the pre-sub-prime equity bull market. Expectations of higher prices led to speculation of even higher prices. Rising prices validate expectations ...

Japan's pensions turn to alternatives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... infrastructure. Hidenori Suzuki, JPMorgan Asset Management Japan head of strategic investment advisory group, said the US sub prime crisis and a revision in accounting standards is forcing Japanese pension funds to develop stricter risk management processes. ...

Sisyphian challenge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... over, the global boulder authorities are trying to push over the hilltop has grown every time it rolls back down. The US sub-prime problem morphed into a credit crunch in America. The American credit crunch morphed into a liquidity squeeze that enveloped ...