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Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... senior client adviser Michael Heffernan said the local market's opening trade was looking pretty good after encouraging US jobs and manufacturing data were released a day earlier. "So, overseas, all the pointers were pretty positive, and that's always ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... the June share price index futures contract was up 18 points at 5,417. Payrolls firm ADP said US businesses added 191,000 jobs in March, below the 215,000 projected by analysts, but an improvement on the 178,000 figure for February. Locally, in economic ...

Considerable time to eliminate considerable slack

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... of 2009, there were 34% of 'em. Chair Janet also mentioned that, there are only a small number of workers quitting their jobs "because they worry that it will be hard to find another".A Check again! This is underscored by the latest Conference Board ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... is interesting we've jumped out that hard considering what's coming up the next couple of days," Mr Lucas said. "It is US (jobs) data week and we've got PMI data from across the globe." All the major stocks on the market were higher. BHP Billiton was ...

FEATURE: Facing the perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... consumers have become increasingly aware of the fact that they have insurance through their superannuation fund. There have been jobs lost and so have income protection and disability claims, often by legal means. New products such as direct insurance ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... followed the European markets lower at the opening bell, but pared losses later in the session following positive data on jobs and growth in the world's top economy. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index of leading shares closed down 0.26 per cent to 6,588.32 ...

John Brumby wins AIST Trustee of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... for Australians and is also an important vehicle for transforming long term savings into long term capital for Australia, jobs development and infrastructure." The Trustee of the Year Award, which has been sponsored by Schroders for the past four years ...

AMP likely to cut hundreds of Melbourne jobs: FSU

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
Amid its rolling restructure AMP is set to axe more staff and is looking at cutting hundreds of jobs from itsA Melbourne office, the company's second largest outside of the Sydney head office. AMP has informed the Finance Sector Union that there will ...

VC capital raising crash 75pct in 2013

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... venture capital funds invest in businesses that account for around 4% of Australia's GDP, who in turn support over 500,000 jobs across almost every industry sector of our economy," AVCAL's chief executive, Yasser El-Ansary said. "But there is potential ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... closely watching the release of local employment data at 1130 AEDT. "We might still see a bit of caution heading into the jobs numbers later today," he said. "Jobs have been a particularly weak point for the local economy for the last couple of months ...