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Platforms at 10 year low

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
Nervousness in underlying global investment markets, caused by ongoing European financial crises, plus massive US budget blowouts has contributed to net inflows into the platform market reaching their lowest levels in ten years, a recent report reveals. ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... government's decision last month to open the aviation, energy and retail sectors to foreign investment. And with regards to its budget deficit, the government is already on the case. It has reduced its subsidies on diesel and fertilizers, among others ...

Find super savings in public sector: Sherry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... personnel and aligning public and private sector employer contributions, including for future MPs, would be a better source of budget savings than any changes to tax treatment. Employer contributions to federal public servants are now in excess of 15% ...

Green lights on green shoots

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... Asia" (mainly, China, Japan, Vietnam and Taiwan). Just ask the Wall Street Journal. It printed that Spain would miss its budget targets - yes, target with an s. According to WSJ, it re-stated it 2011 budget deficit to 9.44% of GDP from 8.96% and the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... liquidity. That news spurred gains on the local market on Thursday. Also overnight, the Spanish parliamentary cabinet approved a budget to reduce the 2013 budget deficit to 4.5 per cent of gross domestic product in 2013, from 6.3 per cent this year. ...

Super debate flawed: ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... in meeting the objective of ensuring that all Australians achieve an adequate retirement income, not on the short-term Budget bottom line. Individuals on paid parental leave, the self employed, those who earn less than the $450 a month threshold for ...

Spanish austerity and Chinese take-away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... turnaround in equity markets in America and Europe overnight following the Spanish government's announcement of its 2013 budget that aims to cut the deficit from 8.9% in 2011 to 6.3% this year, 4.5% next year and 2.8% the year after. Financial markets ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... Australian market is set to open slightly higher after world markets reacted positively to the release of Spain's 2013 budget supporting its austerity measures. At 0813 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up two points ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... traded. The Australian market followed a weak lead from Wall Street ahead of the the Spanish government passing a tough budget with 39 billion euros ($A49 billion) in cutbacks. The expected spending cuts have triggered mass demonstrations in the debt-stricken ...

The pain in Spain does not fall mainly on the plain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... Mariano Rajoy who's hard at work preparing to hand down his damned if you do, dammit if you don't reform package and the 2013 budget. The Ibex-35 plunged by 3.92% and 10-year government bond yields climbed back up to 6.06% -- the first time since Super ...