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Daily economic update

The Australian economy added 2,100 jobs in December, taking the total number of employed persons to 10.033 million from 10.031 million in the previous month. Full-time employment decreased by 4,800 to 7.141 million while part-time employment increased ...

Ironbridge cements role in NZ aged care

Leading private equity group Ironbridge Capital announced this month that it has completed its acquisition of Elrond Holdings and Qualcare Group, two large aged care businesses in New Zealand. The group is investing alongside Greg Tomlinson, formerly ...

Macquarie launches indigenous financial services

... Bank has set up a financial services arm that will provide advice and financial literacy programs for indigenous communities. Tom Hornibrook, head of Macquarie Indigenous Financial Services, said indigenous communities tended to receive poor and inadequate ...

Weekly Economic Roundup

As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept domestic monetary policy unchanged following its Board meeting last week. The RBA last raised the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 5.5 per cent in March. Since then, indications that growth ...

Marketwrap

The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as a poor lead in the US is expected to flow through to domestic markets, despite another strong performance by commodity prices overnight. With the start of December, trade volumes will start to ...

New EFTPOS puts bank in spotlight: First Data

First Data International has launched an integrated EFTPOS system that will likely prove popular to consumers and raise the standard for the kind of EFTPOS facilities that should be available in banks. The new system has a so-called 'Dynamic Currency ...

Tax page cull the first step: BCA

The Business Council of Australia (BCA) has given the Federal Government a thumbs-up for its decision to slash the number of income tax pages by more than 2,000, but said there is room for more tax reforms. "In one sweep, the number of income tax pages ...

AFA Adviser of the Year announced

... for detail to their large client base. On top of that, Jim still finds time to consistently contribute to his community." Tom Brown, chief executive of Zurich Financial Services Australia, said when presenting the award, "[our] sponsorship of the award ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2005
SYDNEY - the Australian share market is expected to open firmer, continuing the strong form of yesterday, although it is expected to be capped by thin trading due to a public holiday in Melbourne. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price ...

Zurich appoints life risk head

Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) has appointed a new head of Life Risk as it grows its life risk business. Andrew McKee will head the life risk business and assist in what the company describes as an "aggressive" life risk push in coming ...