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US at full employment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... in the year to December - the highest in the current cycle - from 2.5% in the previous month. Economists think that the magic figure when this starts flowing through into inflation is 3%.

Super guarantee of 12pct a mistake

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... that government may change the superannuation rules before they retire." Grattan Institute highlighted that there is "no magic pudding" when it comes to super, noting higher compulsory contributions will be ultimately be funded by lower wages, which ...

Alternatives delivering for infra and PE

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... diversification, better management of down side risk and return enhancers. "So the 'alternatives' exposure has become a 'magic pudding' which is expected to deliver growth-like returns, lower risk and low or negative correlations to equities," Barr said. ...

AFA winner highlights retirement fears

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... Retirement Advice Centre retirement adviser David Reed said he observed from 2010 onwards that many of his clients had set a "magic number" for retirement, but continued working once they'd reached that point. "It wasn't because they weren't financially ...

WBC rate lift pressures RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... this great land yet when this catchy jingle from Westpac's ad was playing on Australian TV back in 1989. Thanks to tech magic, I can play, rewind and replay it over and again (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtFvjYv39-8). The time is ripe, perhaps, for ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Noi, noi, noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... bad news sells and "bad-er" ones sell better). True to script, the bad news have rolled in thick and fast. "It may take a magic wand from the RBA (or the new Turnbull government) for Australia to escape a recession. Already, Australian (per capita) living ...

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... when the All Ordinaries index looked set to break the 6,000-point barrier. It was only 0.8% away (45.2 points) from that magic mark when it closed at 5,954.8 points on 27 April 2015 - up 10.5% from the beginning of the year and outperforming developed ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... provide a wider range of benefits than most pension funds globally - and anyway, MySuper hadn't had a chance to work its magic yet. The question of whether MySuper was bringing down fees was answered in September when the Australian Prudential Regulation ...

Crowding in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... and the government are saving this time. Even EU VP Katainen has his reservations about the plan, saying that it is "not a magic wand with which we will be able to miraculously invest ourselves out of a difficult economic climate". It sounds like "boxed ...

Next super revolution must tackle retirement: Vilgan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
... assets." But she reminded delegates: "There is no free lunch. There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. There is no magic pudding."