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Is that a fiscal stimulus I smell?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... changes, I bet you didn't fail to notice (sorry for the double negative) the Australian stock market's sharp shoot up yesterday. The All Ords jumped by 2.6% for its best gain since October 2011. What the? Is China growing strongly again? Is the credit ...

Super industry leaders weigh up Rudd's new cabinet

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
Following the announcement of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's new cabinet yesterday, Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann claimed Rudd was "downgrading" the superannuation portfolio. However, Pauline Vamos, chief executive ...

The others

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... Li Kequiang. Australians appear more concerned about China's slowing than China itself. The All Ords closed down 1.8% yesterday after news broke that China's official and unofficial (HSBC measure) PMI indices both fell in June from May. And how did China's ...

But industry bodies see FoFA delay "unlikely"

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
Financial industry bodies have said a delay of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation asked for yesterday by the Financial Services Council (FSC) chief executive John Brogden is "unlikely". An extension of FoFA to July 1, 2014, would require ...

Once more from the top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... operations and existing loan-facility tools to ensure steady markets, according to a statement posted on its website yesterday". The ECB, too, did it again. In a speech before the French National Assembly in Paris, ECB head Mario Draghi reiterated that ...

Oh how welcome thy voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... Dudley (NY), Kocherlakota (Minneapolis) and Fischer (Dallas). See http://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/view/33240890 Yesterday, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) went out of its way to reassure markets that it's not crunching credit in the world's ...

China's rebalancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... would've been a happier place this week ust with those Fed rhetoric. But nah! The PBOC had to re-publish on its website yesterday what it already announced last week in response to soaring money market rates. "At present, the overall liquidity in China's ...

Coalition pledges support for super laws amendments bill

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... product in another fund as a result of the MySuper Reforms," Minister for Superannuation Bill Shorten said in Parliament yesterday. Speaking on behalf of the Shadow Treasurer, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Tax Reform Tony Smith said the Coalition ...

ASIC far too slow to act on misconduct: Senator

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... slow to act" on misconduct in the financial services industry, Nationals senator John Williams told Financial Standard. Yesterday Williams introduced a motion into Parliament for a Senate inquiry into ASIC, which passed with bipartisan support. The Senate ...

Industry "disappointed" at PJC recommendation

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... financial services industry has expressed disappointment over the report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC), which yesterday recommended the Parliament not to amend the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) bill. The PJC on Corporations and Financial ...