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AAP | THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014

... was 13 points lower at 5,524. In economic news on Thursday, the bureau of statistics releases private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure data for the March quarter. The Housing Industry Association releases its new home sales figures for ...

Help is on its way

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014

... situation, there is a risk that disinflationary expectations take hold... This may then cause households and firms to defer expenditure in a classic deflationary cycle - especially when monetary policy is at the effective lower bound and so cannot steer ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Budget speech 2014 -15

... Budget and a stronger economy. There is no easy way to repair the Budget. We have been at pains to reduce government expenditure without hurting the economy. Taxpayer spending needs to be reprioritised, where possible, into job stimulating investment ...

Treasurer readies electorate for Age Pension cuts

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014

... spending cuts. At a cost of $40 billion per annum - or 10% of GDP - the Age Pension is the largest part of government expenditure; ahead of defense, hospitals and schools, Hockey said. Pointing out that only 14% of Australians over the age of 65 receive ...

Think tank calls to end super tax concessions

MARK SMITH | TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014

... of around 12% per annum. By this time superannuation tax concessions will be the single largest area of government expenditure. By comparison, the age pension currently costs $39 billion. According to the report, entitled Sustaining us all in retirement ...

Hockey signals pension age might climb to 70

ALEX DUNNIN | FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014

... on raising the pension age have been criticised largely along party lines, what isn't disputed is that age pension expenditure has increased at 11% pa during the past decade and is on track to reach $60 billion a year within a decade. Responding to this ...

Better than good

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014

Up, up, markets are up. Over the past 24 hours, like any other 24 hours, financial markets were treated to a mix of stats/surveys/news that were either better, worse or in line with their expectations. We've gotten all possible combinations and permutations ...

Industry funds spend millions on advertising

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014

Industry superannuation funds are spending millions of dollars a year on advertising, with some funds' expenditure even exceeding that spent by banks on their own superannuation advertising campaigns, figures released by Nielsen show. However, overall ...

When saving goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014

... business would continue to suffer by its plan capacity reduction. But let's not stop at QAN. The "Private New Capital Expenditure and Expected Expenditure, Australia, Dec 2013" released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) yesterday also point ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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