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Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... be driverless by 2030, according to reports in The Australian, and the Renew Economy news service which were backed up by ABC radio interviews. Dr Bradlow said he based his prediction on the rate of technology development combined with indications from ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... according to the Bank of International Settlements, private debt level, has gone from 150% of GDP to 210% of GDP," he told the ABC Business Report. According to the World Bank, Australia's ratio of total private debt to GDP at 138% is the tenth highest ...

Is gold on the ceiling for Australian investors?

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... portfolio came under the spotlight this week as two fund managers provided separate views on the divisive asset. Speaking at an ABC Bullion event, 'The new bull market in precious metals', Cor Capital Fund executive director Tom Rachcoff said investment ...

Super platform goes for gold

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... physical gold. The Cor Capital Fund - a diversified managed investment scheme with an allocation to physical gold bars through ABC Bullion - is now placed on Yellow Brick Road's platform brightday Complete Super. The partnership was announced at an ABC ...

Labor supports tax cuts

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... deliver a large business tax cut under the guise of a small business tax cut. We're going to have no part in that," he told the ABC. In making the comments Bowen also criticised the government for blowing out the deficit to three times what it inherited ...

Up to 2.4m super members affected by CommInsure scandal

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... have rocked insurance company CommInsure, according to Rainmaker Information estimates. A joint investigation by Fairfax the ABC's 4 Corners alleged the company pressured doctors into changing their assessments of customers to avoid payouts, delayed ...

Financial Standard appoints deputy editor

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
Financial Standard appoints Whitney Fitzsimmons, former host of ABC's Business Today and Lateline Business, as deputy editor. Fitzsimmons is one of the nation's most recognisable TV personalities, having spent over a decade at the ABC where for eight ...

Super tax back on Turnbull's agenda

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
... those earning up to $37,000 would pay no super contributions tax. Asked to comment on this information during an interview on ABC Radio, Treasurer Scott Morrison said: "All these measures are on the table." Morrison continued: "It's a very interesting ...

Bowen draws red line on default fund choice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... default fund, as many people do simply accept the default fund," Labor Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said during an interview on ABC 7.30. He defended the current system in which the Fair Work Commission determines the default superannuation funds for ...

More calls for Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... Australian Senator John Williams has reiterated calls for a Royal Commission in to the financial planning industry. Williams told ABC he was not satisfied by IOOF's response last week when the company's managing director Christopher Kelaher was asked ...