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Planner To-Do list post Budget

... three major changes singled out by technical advice experts from Challenger and MLC. Challenger's head of technical services Alex Denham said planners need to review recommendations relating to capital protected borrowings. "The deductions have been ...

Wayne the nation builder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
Treasurer Wayne Swan has donned his hardhat and launched Australia on a massive $40 billion nation building program centred on three new investment funds designed to fix infrastructure, health and education while also kick starting Australia's regional ...

Climate change good for agriculture

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
Australia's reputation as the lucky country could even extend into climate change with the Farm Institute saying it will lead to Australia boosting its agricultural output and becoming wealthier. "Australian agricultural output is projected to continue ...

Health insurance lobby lessons

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
The reforms to the private health insurance rebate and the industry reaction to it should be studied by everyone in wealth management who seeks to influence government policy. A furious health insurance industry came out fighting yesterday after the ...

Govt to create national infra investment fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
The government is about to set up a new multi-billion investment fund to capture the windfall revenue gains from the resources boom and will use the money to help fund national infrastructure projects, if yet another Budget leak is to be believed. Modelled ...

Labour force participation up 20 bps

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
The real story in yesterday's unemployment rate staying flat at 4.1 per cent is that labour supply increased. According to the ABS, the flat unemployment rate was accompanied by the number of people unemployed increasing by 16,900 which is the same ...

ASEAN's mute economic muscle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
The near invisible response of ASEAN to the Myanmar disaster highlights how despite all the talk of the world realigning economically, the Asia-Pacific region still point to the West for the heavy global lifting. ASEAN, or the Association of South East ...

Retail and not-for-profit trustees are different

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
A governance review of super funds by APRA has found that while decisions by not-for-profit funds are driven by their trustees, it's senior executives who initiate most of the key decisions in retail funds. "Retail trustees have fewer directors, shorter ...

Carbon assets in valuation freefall

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
The NSW government's decision to sell its coal burning power stations before they lose all their value highlights how deeply our national focus on carbon reduction will impact the economy. The irony is the political debate around the sell-off was opposed ...

Goods and services trade deficit narrows to $2.7b

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2008
Australia's favourable terms of trade metrics is finally counting for something as the balance on goods and services numbers improved by $525 million in March. According to the ABS, in seasonally adjusted terms the deficit on the balance improved by ...