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(Back) wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... back on? Just joking... I'm with Optus. But what are the implications of this slower wages growth for the economy? One school of thought argues that this would lead to an economic slowdown as lower wages prompts lower consumer spending. The other school ...

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
It's the weather, stupid! This was how Wall Street interpreted last disappointing data on retail spending and weekly jobless claims. 'Twas a convenient excuse (rationale?), particularly last night when a skyful of snow dropped on the East Coast about ...

Emulation funds slash performance as well as cost

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... losses that appear to outweigh the benefits of reduced transaction costs," CMCRC PhD candidate from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management Zhe Chen said. "Related to this, the research suggests that active fund managers have some skill in the inter-day ...

CBA: Expect higher inflation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... These include: an ageing population causing people to spend more on health; shifting education preferences driving rises in school fees; an attempt at all levels of Government to raise additional revenue -- resulting in big increases in tobacco excise ...

PROFILE: AMP Horizons director Amelia Constantinidis

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... she was under pressure to steer away from a path that most girls growing up in Sydney today take for granted. "I finished school in year 10 because my parents said Greek girls were destined to be full-time mums, to find a man, marry and stay at home." ...

Think Holden, think not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU). Holden's end "could spell the end of manufacturing in Australia," University of Sydney Business School economists Stephen Clibborn and Russell Lansbury add. But these prophets of doom might be making a mountain of ...

AMP appoints SMSF managing director

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2013

Infrastructure key in battle against SMSF exodus

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
Industry super funds can get an advantage over self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) by using their scale to exploit the "illiquidity premium" that exists in unlisted markets such as infrastructure, according to Brett Himbury, chief executive of ...

Westpac and BT launch SIV service

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
Westpac and BT Financial Group have launched a Significant Investor Visa (SIV) service which includes a migrant banking team, a private banker service and a number of products and solutions. The SIV was introduced in November 2012 and it allows foreign ...

NSW govt to reconsider Pillar privatisation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... future of Pillar. Avoiding these costs would allow the Government to focus on putting its limited funds into critical road, school and hospital projects across NSW," Baird said. Baird was eager to stress that a sale would not affect current clients - ...