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Govt should support pensioner reverse mortgage access: CIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
The family home should be brought into the pension income test by requiring home-owning pensioners to take out a reverse mortgage, says the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) in a new report. While it's unlikely the government will take the advice ...

Better to own or to rent investments?

JOHN DYALL  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
The latest fixed income market outlook from BlackRock's Rick Rieder poses the interesting question of whether there are some assets in a portfolio which are there for the long term and others which have a place for a short time, depending on opportunities ...

ISA urges government to keep super safety net

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
... the super industry to deliver strong investment returns, provides a safety net for employees' retirement savings and cuts red tape for employers."

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, following gains on Wall Street overnight. At 0654 AEST on Friday, the June share price index futures contract was up 27 points at 5,858. In the US, the Nasdaq index smashed its 15-year-old record Thursday ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
The share market has fallen after the release of weak manufacturing data from the world's second largest economy. Factory activity in China contracted at its fastest rate in a year in April, according to a regular survey by HSBC. The release of the ...

Hockey slams Labor super tax proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
Treasurer Joe Hockey has responded to Labor's suggestion of a 15% tax on super earnings above $75,000, saying, "Labor's default position is always to increase taxes." In an interview, Hockey said he hadn't looked at the "details" of Labor's announcement ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street posted solid gains following a big jump in US existing-home sales and a mixed bag of earnings reports from Boeing, McDonald's and others. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the June share price ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
The share market is weaker as investors seem to interpret Australia's latest inflation data as reducing the chances of a May interest rate cut. Underlying inflation, which strips out the effects of volatile price movements, indicated an annual rate ...

BOE no change, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
As expected, the Bank of England (BOE) decided to do nothing at its 9 April monetary policy meeting, stating that: "The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee at its meeting today voted to maintain Bank Rate at 0.5%. The Committee also voted to ...

Sacked Macquarie advisers still in the industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Some of the 11 Macquarie Private Wealth (MPW) advisers who were made redundant because they gave improper advice are currently employed in other financial planning firms, Macquarie chief executive Nicholas Moore said. Speaking at a Senate Economics ...