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Advisers, get ready to manage the baby boomer wave

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... and the right products" for baby boomers in pre-retirement and retirement. He added that the area which has created most jobs since the global financial crisis is aged care and disabled care. The sector is set to expand even more as the wave of baby ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
... higher with investors confident the US central bank will continue its economic stimulus program following weaker-than-expected jobs figures. The Australian bourse on Wednesday followed the lead of US markets, which lifted despite disappointing nonfarm ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on international markets as investors interpret US jobs figures as meaning the Federal Reserve will continue its stimulus measures. At 0817 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... market looks set to open slightly higher following a mixed performance on international markets as investors await key US jobs figures. At 0807 AEDT on Tuesday, the December share price index futures contract was up 10 points at 5,346. With the US government ...

Adapt clients to slower global growth: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... Fisher said. Turning to the United States, he explained that "the unemployment rate is falling not because people are getting jobs, but because they are leaving the work force." If the economy was creating jobs, people would be going back to the work ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... In Australia, the market on Thursday fell with commodity price driving local stocks lower despite the release of positive jobs numbers. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 5.9 points, or 0.11 per cent, lower at 5,147.1. The broader All Ordinaries index ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
... materials. Rivkin global analyst Tim Radford said trading was cautious on Thursday morning ahead of the release of September jobs figures. The unemployment rate is expected to remain at 5.8 per cent. "If we see better than expected unemployment the market ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
The Australian market is set to open lower ahead of the release of official jobs figures. At 0700 AEDT on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down 23 points at 5,117. The Australian Bureau of Statistics releases September labour ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
... HONG KONG - Asian markets closed mostly higher following a bounce on Wall Street that was fuelled by better-than-forecast US jobs data. However, trading is tentative as US lawmakers remain unable to reach agreement over a budget just days before a deadline ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013
... points, or 0.34 per cent, to 5,288.2 points. NEW YORK - US stocks rose for the first time in six days after some encouraging jobs and housing market data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 55.04 points (0.36 per cent) to 15,328.30. The broad-based ...