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China FDI flow slows, and?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
Don't look now but fresh bad news has just come out of China. This time, however, there was not that "sky is falling" feeling that populates cyberspace each time Chinese economic updates disappoint market expectation. Sure there were the obligatory ...

Untargeted tax subsidies inefficient

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
The Australia Institute (TAI) has just released a study, 'Can the taxpayer afford 'self-funded' retirement", where they reveal that within five years, according to the Commonwealth Budget Papers, the costs of the nation's taxation subsidies will climb ...

Super governance Bill passes amid cries of favouritism

BEN COLLINS, MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
The Federal opposition argues that a scale test on superannuation fund trustees inappropriately favours industry super funds. This comes on the back of legislation passing through Parliament last night, which gives the Australian Prudential Regulation ...

Dull night on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012
... 0.01%. And I thought last week was the boring-est week of the year? Next stop Jackson Hole symposium at the end of August where Big Ben could pre-announce the much-awaited launch of the QE3 - like he did QE2 two years ago. If not, maybe when the FOMC ...

Sun setting on the Land of the Rising Sun

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012

Swan talks up bank reforms for competition

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... Treasurer said that since December 2010 smaller banks have captured an estimated $17.7 billion in home lending business from the big banks with non-major banks growing home lending at almost three times the rate of their bigger rivals over the past year. ...

Australians lack genuine banking sector competition

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
Results of a recently released banking survey suggest that most Australians think the Big Four Banks don't genuinely compete. According to an Essential Report survey of over 1,000 respondents, 66% of Australians said consumers would get a better deal ...

Generations split on what causes sleepless nights

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
Research from superannuation fund Sunsuper revealed that the financial nightmares experienced by different generations reflect where they are at within their respective life stages. But what unites the generations, said Sunsuper's general manager, customer ...

Blahs take the blues away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
Another day, another blah to keep risk takers happy. Yes Virginia, in keeping up with our Olympics theme, it's turning out to be a blah relay. This time, Eric S. Rosengren -- president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - is running with the blah ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... Central Bank will soon restart its sovereign bond-buying scheme, but gains were capped by profit-taking after the previous day's big gains. The euro edged up as attention turned back to Spain, with speculation swirling that the government would officially ...