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Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... Tokyo. Pressure for a stimulus package has stepped up following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's landslide Upper House election victory two weeks ago. The landslide win was the first election with the newly lowered voting that saw 18 year olds able to vote ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... Party won 32 seats. While the elections centred on the issue of constitution reform, Prime Minister Abe declared in his victory speech that, "We have to accelerate Abenomics to meet the public's expectations". US labor market conditions index The latest ...

Australian elections just gave uncertainty a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... but the 2016 Spanish elections (held on 26 June) is also in limboland. Although Prime Minnister Mariano Rajoy claimed victory, and his People's Party's seats in Parliament increased to 137 seats from 123 (after the elections held last December - yes ...

FIIG appoints former Wallaby to senior QLD role

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... and Ebsworth & Ebsworth Lawyers. Connors also played for the Wallabies from 1999 to 2000, having partaken in Australia's victory in the 1999 Rugby World Cup. He has also played 134 games for the Queensland Reds and is currently the team's most capped ...

Feds still in a hole at the Jackson

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... a rain free Olympics in 2008 and China skies are cleared again this week for the 70th anniversary commemoration of its victory against Japan - which it cannot threaten with a head roll, what more its banks, businesses and consumers?

Greece in crisis (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... difficult" talks begin in Brussels" - 20 Feb 0427 PM GMT And then (drum roll, trumpet blows)... "Greece and Germany claim victory as deadline day bail-out is extended..." - 20 Feb 1050PM GMT But is there really that fear in the markets today? For this ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... have rallied and the pound surged as Prime Minister David Cameron's "business-friendly" Conservatives scored a surprise victory in Britain's general election. Most other European indices also shot up on Friday as US job creation figures, while solid ...

Steady with a chance of a surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... depreciated sharply from around the mid-A¥70's to a greenback in 2011/12 to A¥100 following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's victory at the 16 December 2012 elections (and the birth of 'Abenomics' and the 'three arrows'). The BOJ's decision to increase ...

Punitive excess contributions tax removed

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... executive and managing director Andrea Slattery was among the first to welcome the result, describing it as an important victory for SMSF members. Slattery said the Senate vote ends a "draconian" system that "severely punished" trustees for infractions ...

Privatisation backlash derails infra investing

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... them having won one of the most commanding electoral victories in Australian history just three years ago. Labor's shock victory in Queensland follows its return to power in Victoria after only one term in opposition, and now the issue of public sector ...