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Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... unemployment rate is now one month short of its 4-year high. So what were the papers saying four years ago? Thanks to the ABC website -- which has a free archive -- I was able to access a news article posted on 7 April 2005 - the day the March 2005 Australian ...

Australia better than triple A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
"Absolutely not!" "That will never happen to this country." This was US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's when ABC News asked if he was concerned over a possible downgrade of America's credit rating. Worries about the US credit rating made the headlines ...

Planners should be fiduciaries: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... always act in their clients' best interests, regardless of how they are remunerated. Speaking during a major interview on ABC's Business Lateline last night, Brogden said, "Well if we now say in the new world there must be a fiduciary relationship between ...

Costello joins Future Fund board

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... Costello's appointment has drawn fire from high profile figures, including former treasurer and Prime Minister Paul Keating. An ABC news report yesterday noted Keating criticised Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's decision to appoint Costello. The report quoted ...

Cooper throws down super gauntlet

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
Super System Review chair, Jeremy Cooper, gave a wide ranging interview on the ABC's Inside Business yesterday that should immediately dismiss any concerns that he is leading just another harmless superannuation inquiry. From whether super should be ...

Unlisted assets should be limited: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... liquidity, super funds should have limits on how many illiquid investments they can hold. John Brogden, IFSA chief executive, told ABC BusinessLateLine last night that "We believe there should only be 20 per cent of assets in any fund that are illiquid ...

Financial Standard finalist in ACSI Media Award

... understanding of governance. Previous award winners were Michael Evans from the Sydney Morning Herald in 2007 and Greg Hoy of the ABC in 2008. This year, ACSI also received submissions from the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian Financial Review and ...

Ways to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... contemplating another round of cash payments," Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) early this week. This could be interpreted as either the Australian Government does not want to add anymore to its mounting ...

ABCs of super still confusing: Suncorp

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Do you know your TTR from your MER? Apparently not for many Australians who still struggle with basic superannuation terms, new research shows. A new survey by Suncorp showed that transition to retirement strategies and management expense ratio number ...

Costello's Future Fund career over before it started

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2009
... possible appointment began to circulate during the weekend when unnamed sources, allegedly senior Labor Party advisers, told the ABC that "We [the government] are looking very seriously at Costello for the job." Then stories began appearing in television ...