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Retirement savings gap to reshape Aussie workforce

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
Inadequate retirement savings will force more Australians to work past the average retirement age of 60, creating new challenges for planners when mapping out the right financial plan. According to a survey of more 1,200 people last October, a high ...

Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... that consumer prices remain under control and growth sustained and its ammunition replenished...just in case. Australians all let us rejoice!

The I word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
Yes, it's back - the 'I' word that is. With the many letters being thrown around to describe the global recovery these days, you must be wondering what this letter 'I' stands for. 'I' stands for inflation. The fear of its return spooked Wall Street ...

Dubai games

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2009
... what financial markets and credit analysts were thinking all along. That Abu Dhabi -- the UAE's largest and riches - wouldn't let Dubai return to sand, lest it and the five other seven emirates are dragged down along with Dubai. But just in case Abu ...

Jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... that jobs would continue to head lower could create a sense of complacency so much so that fiscal and monetary authorities let down their guards. Might be too soon to do that.

We're still in Kansas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... reversal from losing 700,000 jobs [a month] early this year -- but, you know, it means that we've still got a ways to go." Let me see? Jobs down only 11,000 last month, but America need jobs up 150,000 a month? Sure looks like a long way to go to me ...

AFS appoints Elixir Consulting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
Australian Financial Services Group has engaged practice development firm Elixir Consulting to boost its Board of Advice program. Peter Daly, group chief executive and managing director of AFS Group, said the BoA program aims to help principals to clarify ...

Dummy spit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2009
You are the definition of moral hazard! These words - delivered by Kentucky Republican Senator Jim Bunning at Ben Bernanke's Senate hearing on his nomination for a second term as Chairman of the US Federal Reserve - perhaps reflects the embodiment of ...

Desert Storm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... got off the hook lightly or simply, they just got off the hook, period; 5. The US dollar remains a safe-haven. Please sir, let some good could come out of this? "I've had some bad times, lived through some sad times..."

Wave of signatories could weaken PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... principles must not be "watered down" by more firms that feel they have to sign the charter. "The UN PRI was a wake-up call but let's be careful not to let it get watered down - signing up is not a free lunch," he was quoted as saying. Distancing the ...