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Eurozone to craft a reforms roadmap

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
The heads of four key European institutions are hammering out a 'masterplan' to lead the eurozone out of its crisis, according to recent reports. European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi, European Union president Herman Van Rompuy, EU Commission head ...

Demand for US Treasuries outstrips supply

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... according to Reuters. As a result of the US government having such easy access to new debt, the office of Congressional Budget Oversight has estimated that the budget deficit for fiscal year 2012 will increase by US$93bn to US$1.2 trillion. But the recurrent ...

Suncorp keeps it simple

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
Suncorp has unveiled a new strategic simplification program that will deliver annualised benefits of $200m from the 2016 financial year. Suncorp's simplification program, which will cost $275m and be expensed from within operating budgets will focus ...

Coalition clears up FOFA questions

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... provided details on what FOFA would look like under a coalition government. Speaking at an Association of Financial Advisers Budget reply lunch, Senator Mathias Cormann said the 16 recommendations that coalition members made on the Parliamentary Joint ...

Coin toss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2012
... paying top euros (6.3% on 10-year bonds) for debts and the one which "The Economist" magazine predicts will be running a budget deficit of around 5.9% of GDP this year is playing Robin the Hood(lum) - taking from the poor "choking from austerity" taxpayers ...

AFS board votes no confidence in Daly

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... Phil Burke as acting chief executive. Daley said he was suddenly forced out despite a satisfactory track record, and a budget and business plan approved the board of directors. "I was somewhat shocked. We, the full board, had met on May 8, and after ...

VIX says nearly shopping time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... austerity. Shall they continue strangling their economies in the name of austerity so that, eventually, they'll have a balanced budget and lower debts? Or, shall they spend more to boost growth to enable them to gather enough revenue to balance their ...

Midwinter empowers adviser software

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
Midwinter has implemented changes announced in the 2012 May Federal Budget in its Reasonable Basis advice modelling software, allowing advisers to alter tax settings. "It is a difficult time for financial planners due to the large amount of uncertainty ...

ASIC moves on insider trading

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... paying penalties, according to the regulator's most recent report. According to Gibson, the $47 million allocated in the budget to improve market surveillance will help bolster technology capacity. "Well over 70 per cent of the trades that enter the ...

Private debt gets 'time in the sun'

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2012
... That's because in that bucket they may have a lot of liquid assets so they can afford to use some of their illiquidity budget in there." "Others who have developed buckets such as defensive alternatives put it in there and of course it fits naturally ...