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Governor Carney is no monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013

Industry bodies clash over pension age

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... shouldn't be considered in isolation," AIST chief executive Tom Garcia said. "Lifting the retirement age in isolation is a very blunt measure that could unfairly penalise low income earners and manual workers who tend to be more reliant on the age pension," ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... France on Thursday where the issue was expected to top the agenda. Taiwan's central bank governor Perng Fai-nan was more blunt, saying the move was like "throwing a bomb to financial markets," Dow Jones Newswires reported. Investors were also jittery ...

FOFA reforms are a soft landing

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... Bridges FS turned attention back to FOFA, putting suburban and regional practices in the spotlight. "We have been given a blunt instrument," said Carter. "FOFA has no recognition of existing relationships, it is adding burden for suburban and regional ...

Industry panel turns up FOFA heat

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... Bridges FS turned attention back to FOFA, putting suburban and regional practices in the spotlight. "We have been given a blunt instrument," said Carter. "FOFA has no recognition of existing relationships, it is adding burden for suburban and regional ...

Super funds to provide standard risk measure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
... an increasingly effective solution over time. "We will encourage trustees to issue a warning to members because this is a blunt tool, but it is a tool," said Graus. The start date for disclosing risk on a standardised basis coincides with the government's ...

High fees barrier to infrastructure mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
Infrastructure managers face tough barriers to mandates from institutional investors if they do not review their high fee models, argues Watson Wyatt. A new research paper from Watson Wyatt, titled Improving Fees in Infrastructure, said the firm favours ...

The market's next 800-pound gorilla

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey said the Government is creating an "800-pound gorilla" in the market that could drive up the cost of financing for the private sector over the next few years - particularly if more government bonds are issued to fund its ...

2009: The lost year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
Happy new year? Perhaps in 2010. The top central bankers meeting in Basel Switzerland came to the same conclusion yesterday. European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet -- wearing his cap as head of the Bank of International Settlements - declared ...

The fight over how to fight inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... Economists in Sydney, takes the fight up to people arguing that our current targets are too low, that interest rates are a blunt instrument, and that instead we should be compensating people for inflation rather than seeking to conquer it. These advocates ...