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Sunsuper launches planner scholarship

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... encourage women in our financial planning team for a little over 12 months now, and the idea came after we ran an internal competition," said Leanne Whicker, general manager - people at Sunsuper. "One of the key things we found was we have around 466,000 ...

Catching its second wind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... their highest levels since April. The implication was that if the trend continues, they'll soon be offering stiff competition with stocks for investors' money. Nice story, isn't it? Until you look closer and see that the 10-year US Treasury yield of ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... Fellow Australian telco Optus has reported a two per cent rise in third quarter net profit to $169 million as it says competition in the mobile sector remains high. Optus is fully owned by Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), which posted $998 million ...

YBR launches term deposits

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... industry with its entrance into the market. "It is clear from the questions raised at the Senate Inquiry into banking competition that politicians of all shades recognise that new competition is badly needed. We will fight for the consumer by opening ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... a five-year alliance between airlines Virgin Blue Holdings and Etihad Airways has been approved by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Virgin was up 0.5 cent, or 1.25 per cent, at 40.5 cents. The company behind the IGA chain of grocery ...

Salary prospects brighten

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... recruitment is likely to be centered around quality and expertise rather than on a large scale, leading to fierce competition among perspective employees. "We expect that more professionals will be looking to pursue new opportunities in 2011, after putting ...

AXA's North man joins NAB

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2011
... the fastest-growing platform on the market last year, with its superannuation business up 400 per cent in 2009. The competition regulator ACCC cited North as one of its key concerns when it blocked NAB's bid to buy AXA Asia Pacific. Michael Clancy, executive ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2011
... Property Survey, also for the December quarter. In equities news, the Senate Economics Reference Committee inquiry into competition in the banking sector holds its final public hearing at Parliament House, in Melbourne, with an appearance by the chairman ...

HOSTPLUS cooks up a competition

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... turns up the heat on low chef apprenticeship figures and promotes the cooking industry through its own master chef competition. HOSTPLUS has launched a national cooking competition, 'Cook For Your Career', which the industry fund said will help combat ...

ACCC gives go ahead to SGX-ASX deal

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
The competition regulator has approved the Singapore exchange's controversial plans to acquire the local bourse - setting the stage for a volatile debate next year over whether the deal is in the national interest. Approval from the ACCC was not expected ...