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When Japan is blah, the Eurozone is ugh and China is wow

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... panellist was James Bond, chief economist at the Financial Services Council and previously a senior economic advisor to Kevin Rudd. After the first 30 minutes of the forum was spent on global economies, Bond focused on the Australian economy. He presented ...

Government scraps Labor's annuities reforms

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2013
... legislated. Senator Sinodinos announced on Saturday that the government would proceed with 16 of the measures announced by the Rudd, Gillard and Howard governments, and scrap 48. Superannuation measures that will proceed include one providing greater ...

Shorten gives Ripoll shadow superannuation portfolio

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... Financial Services and Superannuation. The appointment sees the portfolio returned to a shadow ministerial level after Kevin Rudd put it under the umbrella of Treasury. This is Ripoll's first frontbench position after 15 years as a member of the House ...

ASX endorses Henry board director bid

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... and balanced way. I look forward to introducing new directors to you in due course." Henry was an economic advisor for the Rudd government during the global financial crisis and responsible for implementing the $42 billion stimulus package. Holliday-Smith ...

Under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... arrogant aggressor when he blurted out these words on 21 August during his leadership debate with then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Well Tony finally shut him up...but not before Kevin delivered his final blubber. In his concession ramble on Saturday night ...

Wonderully dreadful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
It's a wonderful set of numbers. Well...errr, it depends.A It depends whether you're an Abbott supporter or anti-Rudd crusader.A Whoops!A That means the same thing. Nah! That's not a Freudian slip.A I'm still deciding whether to go with the Australian ...

Buy me a house

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
... straight month in August - points to still subdued overall economic growth in the third quarter.A That is unless Abbott or Rudd produced a miraculous confidence boost. Else, low interest rates and further cuts would work on the economy just as they did ...

Bowen and Cormann at odds over adviser enshrinement

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... Bowen and shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann. "An important priority for a re-elected Rudd Labor Government will be to ensure that legislation to enshrine the term financial planner is passed through the parliament ...

Rudd promises to expand Super Clearing House

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said he will extend the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House service to businesses with fewer than 100 employees if he is re-elected. Currently the service is only open to businesses with 19 or fewer employees. ...

Australia, a middle power between China and US

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... economy that increasingly gravitates towards Asia. As an anecdote, Pollack explained that Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd speaks "extraordinary" Chinese, an ability that "gives him a degree of entrA(C)e into China that most world leaders don't have. ...