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International media question Australia's "austerity budget"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... is 5.8%. "You look around you here and it doesn't feel like a country that is struggling," Donnison said. The Financial Times said that Australia has "one of the lowest levels of debt in the world," even if deficit has increased following the fall in ...

Fiducian acquisition adds $66 million in FUA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... payment is being staggered over 2 financial years and, after estimated cost synergies, the acquisition could represent four times the company's earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT).

Bored to zzz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... business channel on their TVs, laptops, iPads and smartphones trying to discern what the "smart" people discern for the times a-coming. More time for Facebooking. But this lacklustre activity ain't no good for traders. How? With volatility so low? The ...

Future Fund and super returns on par

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... cash. According to the Future Fund's latest portfolio report its international equity exposure jumped almost one and half times from 24% to 33% over the past 12 months while private equity and infrastructure exposure increased from 13% to 16%. Exposure ...

FoFA amendments undermine confidence in advisers: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... twisted priorities," he added. Shorten also referred to speculation concerning changes to the Age Pension: "don't say nine times in a 32-election period when you're chasing people's vote that they won't touch pensions and then as soon as you get elected ...

Larry Fink pays tribute to Australian super system

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... Australian superannuation system was also put up as a policy model the US should examine in an op-ed in the weekend New York Times notwithstanding a compulsory retirement system would struggle to gain Congressional support.

Trend - up, down or up and down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... expectations because of lowered expectations. Stocks are overbought and valuations are expensive. Equally rational rationales, 'ey? Times like these, perhaps the prudent thing to do is to stay away... we're coming up to May anyway.

Registrations open for Future2 Melbourne to Adelaide ride

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... can register for a virtual Wheel Classic event. Cyclist can 'shadow' the route or a part of it in a gym or on the road at times of their choosing before November 10.

A 1987-style crash cometh (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... predictions. And someday, one-day... Dr. Marc Faber might juts get it right. Even a broken clock tells accurate time two times a day. But that day isn't yet. Not when you look at the improvement in US economic fundamentals in recent months. Not when ...

Dumping dear momos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... techs" rich valuation, that of the broader S&P 500 index is not.A According to the Bank Credit Analyst, it's trading at 15.6 times calendar 2014 earnings.A This compares with a long-term average of 16.3 times. And this is to become even gooder news if ...