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Govt continues to target high income HHs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... earners lends weight to where it might wield the superannuation axe. A story published this morning in the Australian newspaper reports that the health insurance rebate will be wound back for families earning more than $150,000 and singles earning more ...

Taking a breather

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... expectations for a 0.2 per cent drop. The old but still bad news. IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn told a German newspaper that its World Economic Outlook would show a downward revision to global growth when it is released this week. Unless ...

Doors open for new ETFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
Barclays' decision to place its leading exchange traded funds (ETFs) business, iShares, up for sale has the potential to change the sector's dynamic and lower the barrier to new entrants. The company has released a brief statement overnight confirming ...

Seize the pay

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
The days when executives get rewards-for-failure could soon be over if legislators back radical remuneration reforms proposed by a governance expert, which includes capping 'golden parachutes' and issuing share options that can only be cashed out after ...

HSBC Premier business up 76 pc

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
... division, HSBC Finance Corporation (HFC) is reportedly being wound down with 6,100 jobs cut, according to the UK's Guardian newspaper.

No bad news is no news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
What's this? No headlines on yesterday's all-important Australian Labour Force report? Australian newspapers have relegated yesterday's Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) employment report to their inside pages. Since November last year, the media ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009
... strong, despite weak employment figures both in the US and locally. The ANZ employment series, which measures internet and newspaper job ads, showed a seasonally adjusted decline of 6.3 per cent in January - the ninth month in a row that the number of ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
The Australian stock market has received a mixed lead from Wall Street overnight, with key indices mixed while oil and precious metals fell. At 0832 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was seven points higher at 3,467. In ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower after a mostly weaker lead from Wall Street before turning its attention to the Reserve Bank of Australia's interest rate decision on Tuesday. At 0702 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March ...

Calls to cut super contribs fails to get traction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... institution we've built [apart from banks] gives us a third front to fight on - compulsory super," said Nick Gruen in a newspaper column and major economic blog last week. The proposal is similar to one presented by the Rainmaker group in March this ...