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Raise preservation age with some exceptions: FSC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... Australians will exhaust their superannuation before they are eligible for the Age Pension. "Australia experienced a revolution in the workplace which allowed the participation rate for women to increase from 45 per cent to 59 per cent over 30 years. ...

Let's talk about VIX baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... reading by May 2011 before jumping back up to a reading of 48 of the same year - on fears of euro disintegration; Jasmine Revolution and Japanese earthquake/tsunami/nuclear meltdown. The Fed's QE3 and the ECB's "whatever it takes" announced in September ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

This means war (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
Nah, I'm not falling for that one again. No mas Virginia! Equity markets closed (to borrow Coles new ad) "down, down, deeper and down" overnight. The headlines have easily pinpointed the cause... "U.S. Stocks Retreat, Treasuries Rally on Ukraine, China" ...

Bottoms up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
... five years - most notable of which are the European sovereign debt crisis, the prospect of currency wars, the Jasmine Revolution and the tsunami and nuclear meltdown in Japan, and more specifically for the US - Standard & Poor's downgrade of its credit ...

Reheating the cold war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
Bloody Vladimir! This must be what US President Barack Obama thought after two-time (2000-2008 and 2012-present) Russian President and two-time (1999-2000 and 2008-2012) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin "asked" and "got" the Russian Parliament's ...

Fund manager criticises "rip-off" fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... our heads for active funds for institutional investors and the industry has pursued with that despite the electronic revolution and the huge falls in operating costs," he said. "For heaven's sake, it's no different than Amazon selling books versus Dymocks. ...

Shale gas revolution could be worldwide

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
The shale gas revolution of North America is "the big deal" and could become a worldwide phenomenon, according to T Rowe Price portfolio specialist, global equities Kurt Umbarger. Umbarger said that the US was "really, truly on the road to becoming ...

Instreet expands online presence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... provider Instreet has become the latest financial services firm to join the industry social media and mobile technology revolution, upgrading its website and shifting its focus to engage more actively with the online community. Managing director George ...

Pipelines the safe bet in the shale gas revolution

JAMES FERYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
The US shale gas revolution will offer considerable low risk investment opportunities over the coming two decades, according to Magellan Asset Management senior investment analyst Jowell Amores. "There's going to be a lot of winners we expect from the ...