The Coalition Government has confirmed its position on a range of previously announced super and tax issues, as part of its mid-year economic and fiscal outlook. To help you understand how this may affect you, we’ve summed up the key highlights below. Super Guarantee increase to be deferred ... Read more
Archives for December 2013
The risks and rewards in the taper —Business Spectator
By Robert Gottliebsen The rules for the world's capital markets have now changed. Since the US began printing money vast sums have found their way into investment banks and have been distributed around the world – often chasing high yields in either Europe ... Read more
What if Qantas sold its frequent flyer program?
Turbulence ahead for Qantas's Frequent Flyer scheme? by David Flynn, editor of Australian Business Traveller Qantas's warning of a loss of up to $300 million over the past six months and even tougher times ahead, coupled with the dramatic (if not over-dramatised) downgrade to a "junk" credit ... Read more
The View —Understanding Australian Interest Rates
By John Abernethy, Chief Investment Officer at Clime Asset Management Wednesday, 4 December 2013 This week we will scan across some interesting charts which will give us an insight into the direction of interest rates in 2014. These charts will show the perversion of international bond ... Read more