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Bonus hocus pocus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
... ever again. New regulations have been introduced, repealed and brought back through the course of history every time a crisis of economic and/or financial nature hits. Each time, players found a way around the system. I concluded last Friday's piece ...

Thank you RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... the maths 4.8 per cent unemployment means 95.2 per cent of the workforce are employed. Company profits? There is no way a crisis of this magnitude would not impact on company profits. But while some companies' bottomlines are under duress, others like ...

Moral hazard on Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... price for this home mortgage crisis. And all of us will pay an even steeper price if we allow this crisis to deepen - a crisis which is unraveling homeownership, the middle class, and the American Dream itself. But if we act boldly and swiftly to arrest ...

Market bottom approaches, recovery expected soon

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... five years. In addition, there are smaller corrections where prices fall by 7-15 per cent every nine months. However, a crisis on the stock markets has often been accompanied by one in the financial sector, as illustrated by the Savings & Loans crisis ...

Governance before crisis

Corporate governance often comes into the spotlight following a crisis - a trap that super fund trustees should avoid at all costs, says a corporate governance expert. Speaking at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) in Brisbane yesterday ...

Clever but not too clever investing

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... also been singled out as a no-go strategy as they are only as good as the balance sheet that supports it and no good in a crisis. But one underlying factor remains unchanged - and that is direct property investment still remains a lucrative income vehicle ...

Bank downgraded in $8.2b scam

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... Societe Generale (SG), is left fighting for its reputation following $8.2 billion in losses from fraudulent dealings, a crisis which won't help its wealth management arm already under pressure in the current markets. International ratings agency, Fitch ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
... as tame US jobs and services activity data renewed concerns over the health of the US economy, which is grappling with a crisis in subprime mortgages. The FTSE 100 closed down 76 points at 6,224.3, for a weekly gain of just 9.1 or 0.15 per cent. FRANKFURT ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2006
At the Cairns group of 18 agricultural exporting countries, Argentina and Brazil have joined Australia in calling for developing countries to reduce agricultural trade protection. Prime Minister John Howard said last night that whilst Australia's subsidies ...

Super tax concessions cost more than they save: Greens

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2006
... greater than the tax savings we will later recoup through lower pension costs. The paper, The costs of ageing in Australia, a crisis of cash or a crisis of confidence?, highlights what the Greens believe are contradictions in the Government's superannuation ...