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Mother doesn't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
Was it good? Was it bad? Was it the weather? Was it not? We're talkin' about America's mother-of-all-eco-stats - the US non-farm payrolls report - released last week. Too bad we won't know for sure what the market's general consensus is coz geo-politics ...

Would Baird premiership mean 'poles and wires' sale?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
If Mike Baird becomes the new Premier of New South Wales, the privatisation of the state's electricity distribution infrastructure - the 'poles and wires' - may be back on the agenda. The sale of infrastructure assets would provide significant investment ...

Australian budget to blow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... http://www.switzer.com.au/business-news/news-stories/an-imf-view-of-the-australian-budget/. Almost a year ago to today, the IMF was singing a different tune. It was talkin' 'bout Australian budget S-U-R-P-L-U-S-E-S! "In calendar 2014 the budget deficit ...

ISA gives evidence to PC on inverted bid model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) will today present its 'inverted bid' infrastructure funding model to the Productivity Commission (PC). ISA and its associated fund manager, IFM Investors, have long been talking about the inverted bid model, which spells ...

Government takes aim at corporation tax

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
Australia's 30% corporation tax rate is getting in the way of the nation becoming a regional "financial services powerhouse", according to Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Steven Ciobo. Speaking at the Financial Services Council (FSC) Life Insurance ...

Prescriptions galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014

PROFILE: Westpac GM of bank financial planning

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
As Mike Chesworth celebrates his 35th anniversary at Westpac, the general manager of bank financial planning looks back at a remarkably varied career in Australia's oldest bank. James Fernyhough reports. Mike Chesworth is an endangered species: he has ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... the Abe government have vowed to roll out more stimulus measures to cushion the negative impact of the tax on spending. Talkin' bout rolling out more stimulus measures, there's almost universal consensus that China would... especially after Premier Li's ...

Super social media yet to excite members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
Social media usage by super funds generates much more excitement among the funds themselves than it does among its members, reveals research by Rainmaker. The research company reached this conclusion following a survey of social media activity among ...

Reheating the cold war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... Russia may be going to war... but because the West, the US in particular, is being dragged into it. Good or bad, no one's talkin' bout the military option... for now. Bloomberg, for instance, quotes "Barbara von Ow-Freytag, who advised the German government ...