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Hockey defends budget backflip

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Treasurer Joe Hockey presented a budget he said focuses on Australian citizens' and businesses' opportunity to "have a go," despite hardening economic conditions. Hockey presented his 2015 budget as "the government's plan to strengthen our nation's ...

Adviser reputation hits all-time low

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
The public image of the financial advice profession is at a historic low, according to the latest Roy Morgan Image of Professions Survey 2015. When asked to rate financial advisers for their honesty and ethical standards, respondents gave advisers a ...

A$ at 80c

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... preparing something akin to a QE, if true, should underpin further price appreciations. According to the 'Wall Street Journal' (WSJ) "China's central bank is readying its most aggressive easing tool since it launched a massive stimulus plan in 2008 to ...

Go south young (China) man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... total gain of 10% (14.2% year-to-date). The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect is finally connecting! As per the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), "Chinese Orders of Hong Kong Shares Hit Limit for First Time" "Net inflows of money from mainland China to Hong ...

All roads leading to China's "one road"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... roads, rails and ports expected to generate trade amounting to around US$2.5 trillion. Though according to the Wall Street Journal, "It isn't all about roads, rails and ports. The plan calls for the construction of oil and natural-gas pipelines. Fiber-optic ...

The die is cast

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2015
... and Irene now know that the ECB is going shopping every month for a,-60 billion worth of assets but as the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) headlined on 25 February, "ECB Faces Struggle in Sourcing Enough Bonds for QE". (http://www.wsj.com/articles/ecb-faces-struggle-in-sourcing-enough-bonds-for-qe-1424868462) ...

Beauty in(foreign) beholders' eyes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... weakness in domestic demand that was "recession-like..." The bad news doesn't end here. There's more. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) quoted Standard & Poor's analyst Craig Michaels saying that, ""If there is a significant external shock, it's very likely ...

ATO recovers $30 million from HSBC accounts

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
The ATO has recovered over $30 million in tax liabilities from HSBC accounts held by Australian taxpayers. After the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published a report on Monday detailing how HSBC's Swiss banking arm assisted ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... markets are now saying the Fed's mid-year lift-off is back on track. But as Jon Hilsenrath writes in the 'Wall Street Journal' (WSJ), "The strong January jobs report increases the odds, but doesn't guarantee, that they will drop the "patient" phrase ...

Season's Greetings from Financial Standard

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
December is a time for celebration. It's almost as if there is too much going on - the holidays, summer and New Year's all come at once in a heady maelstrom of activity. Rather than wind down, everything has a sense of speeding up. The same can be said ...