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Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
"You say it best when you say nothing at all." - Ronan Keating Or rather, they did - the voting and non-voting members of the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC). Their conflicting stances did not settle the when of the lift-off issue one single ...

Cbus opposes smaller super guarantee penalties

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... education. He also said the draft legislation makes no attempt to discern small business from any other employer and offers nothing by way of increased resources or powers to the ATO to police the spiraling problem. As a part of announced changes, the ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of Australia funds David Hallifax

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
You know the old saying: there's nothing like selling monkey hand-puppets door-to-door to turn you off working in sales forever. David Hallifax was doing odd jobs with a friend to support himself while backpacking around Australia. He'd crossed the ...

Too much ado about a speck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... Chinese economic growth. Another reason... compared to the PBOC's devaluation history, the latest 1.9% devaluation is nothing but a speck. See the chart?

Regulation is not the only answer: Herbert Smith Freehills

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... to tell the difference between the superannuation segments," he says. Transparency, accountability -"although there is nothing in the FSI recommendations that suggest we should increase accountability" - and reducing homogeneity are other advantages ...

Water, water everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... 2.6% in 2016 and 2.5% in 2017 with inflation going from 0.3% in 2015 to 1.5% next year and 2.1% the following year. But nothing's set in concrete as the August BOE statement noted, "Underlying those projections are significant judgements in a number ...

RBA to deliver nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
Our very own Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will hold its monthly Board meeting today to deliberate on the economy's monetary policy setting. This month looks easy-peasy for the RBA. Keep the official cash rate steady at 2.0% plus a few minor tweaks ...

Reading too much out of nothing at all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
It's out!...and it didn't surprise. Yes Virginia, there were no surprises in the Fed's decision to keep monetary policy unchanged after it concluded its 28-29 tete-a-tete. But what was surprising was Wall Street's reaction - the Dow and the S&P 500 ...

Chinese whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... within the realms of the recent spike in volatility in the Chinese equity market we've seen over the past few months. Nothing China's powers that are couldn't handle. Even the VIX index - the "fear gauge" - is not perturbed. It rose from 13.74 last Friday ...

Philanthropic LICs a triple win: Wilson

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... about the model: "He said that these funds need to be a good deal to the shareholder. Without the capital, you're giving nothing to the charities. "Shareholders get a good deal because if they want to invest in those managers, they don't pay the management ...