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Danger, Will Robinson!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... same 'spend now, pay after the election' budget in Australia next month. But by tackling the short-term global financial crisis and the long-term budget deficit blow-outs simultaneously, these governments are diluting the efficacy of their policies on ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
... financial stability department Luci Ellis addresses the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies on "The Global Financial Crisis: Causes, Consequences and Countermeasures". The Westpac-Melbourne Institute indexes of economic activity for February will be ...

DB super deficit rises to $25 bn

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009
... benefit superannuation liabilities by mid last year which were backed up by $56 billion in assets. But the global financial crisis wiped off much of the value of many predominantly listed assets causing a massive divide between assets and liabilities. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2009
... Reserve Bank of Australia board member Professor Warwick McKibbin addresses the Lowy Institute on "The global financial crisis: Cause and consequences". On Tuesday, the Australian share market closed lower as the central bank cut interest rates to their ...

Aviva offers insurance relief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
... premiums for up to a year. The option helps clients who become involuntarily unemployed because of the global financial crisis. Aviva said the waiver applies for a cumulative maximum of 12 months in the case where the client is jobless and registers ...

Outsourcing the next boom market

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2009
... Australian businesses said outsourcing posed one of the top 10 priorities over the next 12 months following the global financial crisis. But if you fear jobs will disappear in droves to citizens of developing countries such as India and China - take ...

GFC Problem solved

... solved! With a stroke of a pen and an extra US$1,000,000,000,000 the leaders of the G20 have ended the global financial crisis. Not so fast. The rally that started in the Asia Pacific time zone extended to Wall Street overnight, with the Dow and the ...

Super funds to show long-term returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... long-term investment. "The past year has been a difficult one for super fund due to the impact of the global financial crisis on returns. However, if fund members focus only on short term returns, they risk switching investment options or funds to their ...

Bonus hocus pocus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2009
... do? Last Friday, I wrote about the futility of introducing new regulations to ensure that the current global financial crisis does not escape Pandora's Box ever again. New regulations have been introduced, repealed and brought back through the course ...

Regulate...then regulate some more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2009
... systemically critical US institutions. In his words, 'Over the past 18 months, we have faced the most severe global financial crisis in generations. 'To address this will require comprehensive reform. Not modest repairs at the margin, but new rules of ...