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Treats not threats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... last month. Could this be why we haven't heard any additional stimulus measures from Premier Wen? There's a developing treat (yes, treat not threat) out of Europe too. Reuters reported over the weekend that German Chancellor Angela's turned angelic towards ...

More jobs, more jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
So what did you think? Was it good or bad? Good enough to keep the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) finger off the trigger for another month or something ominous that it would have no option but the fire? Was the "6202.0 - Labour Force, Australia ...

APRA releases MySuper transition guidance

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
The prudential regulator announced today that it has released for public consultation its draft guidance for the transfer of funds under the MySuper legislation. The guidance is intended to assist registerable superannuation entity (RSE) licensees to ...

IMF - It Means Fun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
Here you go again, u-huh, scaring us again, u-huh. Can you feel it, can you feel it, can you feel it? Sure you can, it's all over the place - Chicken Little is going around crying "the sky is falling" (again). You can't miss it, not even if you close ...

Time to buy the bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
They just won't stop coming, do they? Yes them, the bad news. This time it came courtesy of the World Bank (WB). The WB went on a chopping spree - slashing its growth outlook for the Asia and the Pacific region to 7.2% this year and 7.6% in 2013 - down ...

Good jobs bad jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... from 8.1% in the previous month. He's earned bragging rights right there that his policies are having their desired effect. Yes we can! But... but 'twas so good, it's suspect. September's jobless rate was the lowest since January 2009 when the Big O ...

Super fund backs News Corp independence push

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
Rupert Murdoch's dual role as chairman and chief executive of News Corporation will be challenged by at least one Australian superannuation fund at the company's annual general meeting in Los Angeles on 16 October. A proposal that the News Corp chairperson ...

Data deluge delivers no clearer visibility

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... Europe continues to haggle, wrangle and quibble over its seemingly never-ending debt crisis, demands for austerity will remain. Yes, that austerity that pushes unemployment (and taxes) higher and growth lower. Lower growth in Europe - oops, sorry what ...

Frontier Advisors makes four new hires

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
Frontier Advisors has made four new hires to its Melbourne office including Fraser Murray as a senior consultant to head up its equities research team. Murray joins from Ibbotson Associates, where he held the role as head of equities and property. He ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... without committing political hara-kiri. Contrast this with his interview with the Wall Street Journal last 26 September - yes, it was only last week. When asked whether he'll ask for a bailout, Rajoy replied, "I can assure you 100% that I would ask for ...