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Trichet to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2010
... one. The Maastricht Treaty, which led to the creation of the euro, set a budget deficit ceiling of no more than 3 per cent of GDP. But what's the current score? Greece has a budget deficit of 13 per cent of GDP, Ireland is expected to produce a 2009 ...

Australia better than triple A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... days. Barclays Capital reported that Portugal's external liabilities are running at Portugal at 108 per cent (a,-177bil) of GDP, Ireland at 68 per cent (a,-123bil), Greece at 87 per cent (a,-208bil) of GDP and Spain at 91 per cent (a,-950bil). That's ...

RBA mixes its game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... contraction in the December quarter of 2008. Everyone knows this, the RBA knows this. "The global economy is growing, and world GDP is expected to rise at close to trend pace in 2010 and 2011....In Australia, economic conditions have been stronger than ...

Research finds country bias in pension asset allocation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... also comes up trumps on the retirement stakes, relative to the others. For example, the ratio of Australian pension assets to GDP is a high 93 per cent, up from 67 per cent 10 years ago. By contrast, France and Germany are faring miserably with low ratios ...

IGR signals tax and health reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... health and age-related pensions, which according to the report will jump two-thirds from a current 7 per cent to 11 per cent of GDP. These increases will account for two-thirds of increased government expenditures over this time. But according to the ...

No pleasing Mr. Market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... lane. At the start of the week, investors and speculators alike were worried about China, State of the Union, Bernanke and US GDP. What were the results? China's 'fine-tuning' (again, yes fine-tuning) of its economy sparked fears that an economic slowdown ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... Chan said the market had opened strongly despite oil and commodity prices suffering heavy falls overnight. "Tomorrow is the GDP numbers for the US market, so it's probably a little bit tentative given that China is working very hard to keep its economy ...

Wall Street v Main Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... out overnight showed that the UK unconvincingly stepped out of recession after six straight quarters of contraction. UK Real GDP grew by a miniscule 0.1 per cent in the fourth quarter. Japan was also in the headlines with Standard & Poors downgrading ...

Investing on thin ice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... expectations." As if the inflation problem weren't enough, the US and UK national debt are now higher or on par with their respective GDP, putting more pressure on their governments to pull their monetary and fiscal levers wisely. Bridges said the third ...

Johnson Report maps out new world order

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... to [industry] success," he said. According to IFSA, the financial services sector accounts for 7.5 per cent of Australia's GDP and employs 390,000 people, a huge portion of the country's working population.

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Final report into Life Code makes 85 recommendations

MATTHEW WAI
The final report of an independent review of the Life Insurance Code of Practice has been finalised, proposing some 85 recommendations across aspects of mental health, customer vulnerability, claims handling, and sales practices.

Treasury looks to reform regulation on consulting firms

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Treasury has released an options paper to improve the regulation of accounting, consulting and auditing firms after the blowout from KPMG's whistleblower probe that found it used confidential client data in the pursuit of more tenders.

Bell Potter launches private wealth platform

KARREN VERGARA
Bell Financial Group (BFG) has launched Bell Potter Private Wealth (BPPW), a new platform that helps service its 300,000 clients with $92.1 billion in funds under advice.

Esencia seals third merger

VINNY VUCAGO
Esencia Wealth has continued its national expansion strategy, merging with New South Wales-based Cove Financial Group in a deal that brings around 650 clients and four financial advisers into the business.

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