Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 221 - 230 of 1076 results for "NOTHING"

Equities not that expensive: Hamish Douglass

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... this negative interest rate world, you put your money into the bank and once it's in the bank, you get paid absolutely nothing on your money - and when you go to reach for your money to take it out again, you have less in the bank then you put in," Douglass ...

Chief economist update: A crisis of supply, demand and confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... problem. Lower interest rates could theoretically ramp up demand but increased demand amounts to zilch if there's nothing to buy. But it's slowly becoming apparent that there's not only a supply problem but a demand problem as well. The panic ...

SG amnesty bill finally passes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... of the two committee's the bill was sent to raised the issue, leading the government to believe Labor's amendment was nothing more than a "bad faith attempt to scuttle a very good bill". "It would have been a legislative and regulatory quagmire. Furthermore ...

Consumers trust Google over advisers: NobleOak

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... advice has diminished since the Royal Commission," NobleOak said. "The majority of respondents (47%) said they would pay nothing for a financial adviser, while 29% said they would not spend more than $100. This demonstrates that respondents see less ...

Wells Fargo coughs up $4.5 billion

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... there's still more work we must do to rebuild the trust we lost. "We are committing all necessary resources to ensure that nothing like this happens again, while also driving Wells Fargo forward." Since 2016, Wells Fargo has made several significant ...

SMSFs interrupted in 2019: SuperConcepts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... there was a property market crash," Burgess said. "And the ATO is sitting on all this data about SMSFs and they've done nothing with it." Bring-forward arrangements were highlighted by Burgess as something that requires clarification. While the legislation ...

Chief economist update: UK is now Bailey's baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... the job would have gotten more press were it not for the more pressing concern of the coronavirus. To be sure, there was nothing noteworthy in Carney's final monetary policy committee meeting at the helm of the British central bank. The BOE kept ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus infects oil market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
It appears that no one and nothing is immune from the spread of the coronavirus. It's now turned the bull market in crude oil into a bear. Crude oil prices sank by more than 10% (the technical definition of a bear market) - WTI oil down 15.6%; Brent ...

Opt-out super to hit workers: ISA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
New Industry Super Australia research claims to show plans to make superannuation optional for low-income workers is nothing more than a tax grab. According to ISA's latest analysis, low-income workers in New South Wales who chose to take their superannuation ...

Chief economist update: Bushfires singe growth, surplus predictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... good on his promise that: "If further funds are required, further funds will be provided." The cynic in me whispers, 'Nothing beats a big drop in the polls to get one going, ''ey'? Just as I scribbled earlier this year, it would take ...