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Tasplan and Quadrant mull merger

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... Tasmanian members but to the broader community" "A larger, stronger Tasmanian superannuation fund ensures that we retain employment and expertise within the state and maintain important local connections with our communities," he said. A merged entity ...

No guarantee

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... Non-farm Payrolls report, did not contain any shocking information to change the Fed's thoughts on monetary policy. US employment increased by 175K in February. This is better than market expectations for a 150K. Better, December and January payroll ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... the US' Senate Banking Committee that some recent economic data suggested sluggish growth in consumer spending and employment. She said the Fed would be watching to see if the slowdown proves to be a temporary blip caused by severe winter weather. In ...

G-20 goes for growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... have a plan: "To achieve this we will take concrete actions across the G-20, including to increase investment, lift employment and participation, enhance trade and promote competition, in addition to macroeconomic policies." While the G-20 communique ...

Actuaries call for overhaul of retirement phase rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... retirements. On the latter matter, it added: "In particular, we propose that if a person has retired from full-time employment and does not choose a specific retirement product (e.g. they are already in a MySuper default superannuation product), then ...

It must have been love

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... up by 0.5%, Italy up by 0.1%, Greece up 0.2%, Spain up 0.3%. Love ya Europe. But what about the US where the January employment numbers disappointed (as they did in December)? There's still love for America for those disappointing stats can be explained. ...

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... to 6.0% in January (5.9% expected) from 5.8% in the previous month -- the highest level since 6.1% in July 2003. The employment numbers were even more disappointing, with 3,700 heads taken off the payrolls in January (15,000 jobs added expected). Worst ...

You say threshold, I say trigger

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... it's good, but it gets better. Don't go expecting the Fed to raise interest rates anytime soon. Forget the January employment report that showed the jobless rate falling to 6.6% because "the recovery in the labor market is far from complete" and that ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... Reserve chief Janet Yellen gives her premier testimony to Congress, with attention focused on how she views recent employment weakness. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 7.71 points at 15,801.79 and the broad-based S&P 500 gained 2.82 at 1,799.8 ...

Regulation holding financial services back: Brogden

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... amounts of foreign money means that Australia also fails to receive the flow-on benefits from higher economic activity, employment and tax collection, Brogden said. "Instead, we are losing this business to Hong Kong, Singapore and others in our time ...