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Whatever the question, the answer is China

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
This week's Financial Standard chief economist breakfast forum heard that no matter what the economic question, the answer always seems to be China and how we seize it's opportunities, contain its inflation threats and redirect its capital flows. The ...

One voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
ust as recent indicators point to a brightening outlook for the US economy, the haze appears to also be slowly dissipating in Europe. "Movin' on up, movin' on up. Movin' on up, movin on up." This tune by M People played in my head as I read Bloomberg's ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
The Australian market is receiving mixed leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall Streets's key indices flat while commodities also were mixed. On the ASX 24 at 0820 AEDT, the March share price index futures contract was two points higher at ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
The Australian stock market has opened firmer, with the banks and miners in the black as investors took their cues from offshore. At 1015 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 49.6 points, or 1.06 per cent at 4801.7, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Chimerica threat looms over returns

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
A leading fund manager argues that many investors are too pessimistic about the US and too optimistic about other markets, particularly China. Speaking at a lunch briefing yesterday, Martin Conlon, head of Australian equities at Schroder Investment ...

Large funds use scale to boost after-tax savings

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
An after-tax optimisation tool available to super funds called 'propagation' is proving too expensive to run in practice and, at current prices, is only cost-effective for multi-billion super funds, research shows. In its paper, Towers Watson studied ...

PC recommends govt-backed aged care equity release

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
A Productivity Commission draft report into aged care said there are a number of options to improve aged care funding including the establishment of aged care savings accounts, using superannuation benefits and encouraging the use of equity release ...

Better and better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
"It's getting better all the time Better Better Better It's getting better all the time Better Better Better. Getting so much better all the time." - Beatles Less than a week ago, I wrote on this space, "it's just a matter of a few sleeps till we get ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
The Australian market is receiving strong, positive leads from offshore trading overnight, with Wall St indices turning in robust performances on strong earnings reports. Metals were higher, although oil eased. On the ASX 24 at 0828 AEDT, the March ...

ASIC outlines philosophy behind policy framework

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
Financial planners who continue to think holistic advice is the default advice model are holding themselves back from seizing emerging opportunities, an ASIC report said. Early in January, ASIC released their Access to Financial Advice report that outlined ...