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Zurich Australia appoints head of technical

Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed former ING national technical manager, Jennifer Brookhouse, to the role of head of technical services. Barry Tomkinson, general manager of Zurich Australia's Investment Management and Life, said Brookhouse's ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger, following a firm rally in global markets and yesterday's push to record highs. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0738 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up 59 points at 5,490. Today ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
Pressure will be on the Reserve Bank of Australia to increase interest rates tomorrow when it meets. Last weeks announcement that building approvals by municipal councils rose by 6.1 per cent in September to produce a year on year growth in total dwellings ...

First State Super 2006 SelectingSuper Fund of the Year

... six months. To now win the first Rainmaker SelectingSuper Fund of the Year award caps off a very successful year," said Dr Tom Parry, First State Super's chairman. To choose the winner, Rainmaker Information's research division chose the five finalists ...

Innovation is king: Russell

... power to increase investor returns without the extra risks, said Russell Investment Group's US based chief investment officer, Tom Hanly, at a Sydney conference today. Hanly said that fund managers have to constantly find ways to improve their performance ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2006
Banks and mining companies were shoring up the Australian share market at noon, spurred on by the banks' annual results season and a rebound in commodity prices. St.George reported a $1 billon plus result this morning, slightly above market consensus ...

Matrix planner wins AFA Rising Star Award

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2006
Jason Danjoux, a Matrix Planning Solutions representative, has taken out the AFA Rising Star Award 2006 in a close decision over his fellow finalists. The AFA Rising Star Award, sponsored by ING, recognises the dynamic talents of some of the industry's ...

Currency managers pray for Cruise antics

... making foreign exchange (FX) traders wish that the markets would 'jump the couch', or exhibit strange, volatile behaviour a la Tom Cruise. "A lack of volatility in markets is a double-edged sword for currency managers...no volatility means no trends ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2006
The Australian Fair Pay Commission yesterday increased the national minimum wage for low paid workers by $27.36 to $700 and by $22.04 for those above $700 in a decision that was supported by both major political parties and the union movement but opposed ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
The economic impact of the Federal Government's baby bonus as well as improved employment conditions in Australia have helped improved the national birth rate, according to the latest data from the ABS. The national birth rate is the highest since 1995 ...