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US credit rating threatened, buy US bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
If there's something strange in your neighbourhood, who you gonna call? Call anyone... except the credit rating agencies. That's who. You probably haven't noticed - or simply didn't care - but Fitch Ratings is about to do a Standard & Poor's. Fitch ...

Coming in 2014: Aussie recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
Another day, another flip-flop on the cliff on Wall Street - and so it shall be until we actually witness the shaking of the hands between the Dems and the Reps closer to the end of this year or... (hopefully not) through to early 2013. I'm about as ...

Urbanisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
They can put any spin on it they want but you know, and I know, and even your uncle's dog knows that 'twas just another ordinary day on equity markets overnight. Wall Street and Europe closed higher 'supposedly' because the Israelis and the Palestinians ...

Political punch trading greatest risk to US economy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Whatever the outcome of the US presidential election, the new leader must avoid being embroiled in political points scoring and instead focus on cementing the global recovery, according to Clime's Paul Zwi. As we wait for the votes to be counted Zwi ...

Kohler campaign slammed by ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
Save Our Super, a campaign backed by veteran financial commentator and owner of the Eureka Report Alan Kohler is poorly researched, and its alternatives underdeveloped, said an article published by the Association of Superannuation funds of Australia ...

Q3 will work

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
"Is QE3 enough to save America's economy?" The Economist magazine posed this question to its readers over the weekend. So far, the nays have it - 78% of them think QE won't cut it - because according to those who commented: even Bernanke admitted that ...

YBR posts a $6.83m loss

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
Yellow Brick Road has reported a loss of $6.83 million against revenues of $14.8 million for the full year to 30 June. During the year, YBR's branch revenue rose by 93% while professional service revenues fell by 13%. The firm's key focus has been building ...

Hastings consortium snaps up de-sal plant

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
An international consortium including the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan and two funds owned by Westpac subsidiary Hastings Funds Management has signed off on a $2.3bn deal to lease the NSW desalination plant. Finalised only six days after offers were ...

Breach in contrib caps should not be taken for revenue: CPA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
Speaking at the House of Representatives Committee on Economics inquiry today, Michael Davison, superannuation policy adviser, CPA, warned against using a "sledgehammer for a walnut" by overcomplicating the law for a very small number who purposefully ...

Flawed assumptions pushing RRR too high

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
Superannuation advocates' claims that SG contribution rates need to keep rising to fund retirement income replacement ratios of up to 70% might be based on flawed assumptions. Debate among financial planners in the US on retirement income replacement ...