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BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
Fifteen point zero nine points or just a little over 0.28%. This is all the All Ordinaries index need to slip by today to take it back to square one - where it was at the start of 2014. Given the lead from offshore markets overnight - the S&P 500 dropped ...

Expect more regulation on 'too-big-to-fail': Hockey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... institutions considered "too big to fail" are likely to be required to have additional protections in case they fail, Treasurer Joe Hockey said at the G20 meeting of Finance ministers in Cairns this weekend. Hockey said that the Financial Stability Board ...

Hockey wants Sinodinos back

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey wants Arthur Sinodinos to return to the role of assistant treasurer if he is cleared of any wrongdoing by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). When asked yesterday whether he thought it was appropriate for Sinodinos ...

Hockey names infrastructure top priority for G20

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey has said the mobilisation of private capital to fund infrastructure is his first priority ahead of the G20 meeting which kicks off today in Cairns. Speaking at the Bloomberg Sydney Summit this morning, Hockey said the G20 nations ...

Gold stocks undervalued but likely to rise

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... the next years as Chinese demand increases and production costs lower. Van Eck Global portfolio manager of gold strategies Joe Foster predicted that gold prices could surpass the US$1,400 an ounce from the current US$1,200 an ounce. Some gold stocks ...

"Pleasant" but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... Australian real GDP advanced by 0.5% in the three-months to June and 3.1% over the year. Hate me if you will but I'm with smokin' Joe on this one, they were indeed "a pleasing set of numbers". June quarter growth was faster than market expectations for ...

SG frozen till 2021, industry 'dismayed'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... of reforms contained in the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2014. In a joint statement, Treasurer Joe Hockey and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said the measure would save the budget around $50 billion over the next decade. ...

Bowen supports lump sum status quo

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... opportunity to lambast the current government's polices on superannuation, the age pension and financial advice. He said Treasurer Joe Hockey had "failed to explain" why Australians "can be reasonably expected to work to 70," saying no developed country ...

Fortnum ready to recruit advisers after ANZ stake buyout

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
Fortnum Financial Group has bought the 20% stake that ANZ had in the dealer group and is now looking to grow by recruiting new practices. Following the buyout of the ANZ stake, Fortnum is among Australia's largest independent advice businesses. The ...

FEATURE: Guiding the way to aged care

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
... is set to become more important. "The policies must be changed, either now or more dramatically in the future," Treasurer Joe Hockey said in April. Today, aged care is the eight largest part of government expenditure. "To put it in the simplest terms ...