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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open higher despite a mixed session on Wall Street. The September share price index futures contract is up three points at 5,550. US stocks have finished little changed as concerns about the upcoming referendum ...

Liberalise economy or prepare for war, warns economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... environmental reforms and break up the big banks if they want to recover from the "global depression", bestselling author and economist James G. Rickards has told superannuation professionals in Alice Springs. Speaking at the Australian Institute of ...

Super contributions back to pre-crisis levels

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... improved economic conditions in Europe and the US have converged to make a very strong year for contributions." FSC chief economist James Bond said. "The increase in compulsory superannuation contributions from 9% to 9.25% has also impacted growth in ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... have improved and the market now seems to be less focused on geopolitical concerns," said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital. Home Depot jumped 5.6 per cent after second-quarter earnings came in at $US1.52 per share, seven ...

China's communist and it works

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... requirement ratio this year." It's part of the Politburo's aim at rebalancing its domestic economy which, according to The Economist A is already happening: "Consumption is at last edging out investment as the economy's main engine. Household consumption ...

Law firm rubbishes Grattan fee report

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has urged the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) to throw out a controversial report that claims the superannuation system is too expensive. In a submission to the FSI, Herbert Smith Freehills criticises the FSI committee's ...

Brumbie: Super idea, super silly reaction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Here we go again; a parliamentarian proposes a policy response to housing affordability involving superannuation and trade-side interest groups circle the wagons, warning of capital market calamity. Triggering this latest ruckus is that at end July ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... gains of more than one per cent on major European indices and a smaller rise on Wall Street. Patterson's Securities economist Tony Farnham said resources and financial stocks were among the best performers. "There's been some support for materials, which ...

Super tax in firing line

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... the Federal government looks for tax savings in a bid to repair the fiscal state of the economy, according to BT chief economist Dr Chris Caton. "The generosity of the super taxation structure will come under intense scrutiny as budgetary pressure increases ...

Integrate next-gen insurance policies into NDIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... solving Australia's disability and healthcare challenges but maybe it should be. That was the question posed by FSC chief economist James Bond to a panel of insurance and legal experts who convened to discuss how the life insurance sector could integrate ...