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Clear as crystal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... "going to tighten by Labor Day?" This was the same message Uncle Ben delivered to the House Financial Services Committee last night...only more elaborate. "I emphasize that, because our asset purchases depend on economic and financial developments, they ...

Guiding it forward

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013

Last-minute Stronger Super reprieve averts "ludicrous situation"

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... into play. MTAA Super CEO Leeanne Turner said she sent a letter to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority on Sunday night detailing which reforms her fund was unable to comply with. Graeme Miller, director of investment services Australia at ...

Ghosts? What ghosts?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... closed higher while most other equity markets around the world hit the dirt. Surely, something's wrong with Wall Street last night. How dare it put on a positive performance when the ghosts of troubles past - and present -- have come back to haunt...all ...

The others

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... through with its application to join the euro club. Croatia has become the 28th member of the single currency area last night. It's the same in that other European country, the UK. The country's manufacturing PMI surged to 52.5 in June - the highest ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... to strong growth. The market is about half a per cent lower, which follows similar-sized losses on Wall Street on Friday night. Comments from China's president Xi Jinping over the weekend have concerned some investors about the rate of economic growth ...

FSC lobbies Rudd for last minute FoFA delay

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... a delay turned down by the Gillard government, Brogden said he hoped Rudd's comments in the wake of the caucus vote last night, that he wants to work hand-in-hand with business, are a sign that this time he will be successful. "The hard reality is that ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... cent and, locally, Kevin Rudd won back the Labor leadership from Prime Minister Julie Gillard in a caucus vote on Wednesday night. In economic news on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to release job vacancy figures for the three months ...

Oh how welcome thy voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... like these, I can't tell if the financial market commentariat are just thick or simply plain stupid. Wall Street's up last night - and big time at that - because one 'clever' writer put it down to better than expected US data releases...and the rest ...

Labor completes super agenda with passage of four bills

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... federal government's superannuation reform agenda is complete following the passage of four bills through the Senate last night. Included in the new laws (listed below) was an increase in concessional contribution caps to $35,000 for people over 60 for ...