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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... which are benefiting from lower costs and stronger revenue overseas. The government also said fewer people filed for unemployment benefits last week, evidence that layoffs are slowing. The average number of unemployment filings over the last four weeks ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... Japan's nuclear crisis, if only temporarily. The Labor Department reported that the number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell more than economists expected last week. Ongoing claims dropped to the lowest level since October 2008. A gauge ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... adjusted 10,100 to 11.413 million in the month. The forecast was for total employment to have risen by 20,000, with unemployment steady at five per cent, according to the median of 11 economists survey by AAP. IG Markets research analyst Ben Potter said ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... Labor Department said before? That "it takes a sustained improvement below 400k to have any appreciable effect on unemployment." We are getting there! But with expectations running so high, there's bound to be disappointment. US total non-farm payrolls ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... payrolls (NFP) report, which showed the world's largest economy added 192,000 jobs in February. Moreover, the US unemployment rate fell to 8.9 per cent, the lowest since April 2009. But the positive sentiment was offset by the ongoing conflict in Libya ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... effectively following the US lead," Mr Muller said. Nonetheless, the mood among investors seemed muted, with many awaiting unemployment data out of the US tonight, he said. In the banking sector, National Australia Bank gained 21 cents at $25.50, Westpac ...

No risk of a double-dip recession: survey

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... price-to-equity ratios of 13 to 14 times earnings, positive forecasts for 3 per cent GDP growth and anticipated falls in unemployment. "Even dividend yield is starting to pick up," he said. "The corporates have great profitability." But not all market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... predicted. That raised expectations that the government's employment report coming out Friday could show a decline in the unemployment rate. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 8.29 points, or 0.07 per cent, to settle at 12,066.31. The S&P 500 rose ...

PC recommends social insurance shake-up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... how independently wealth they are. The PC noted that these systemic flaws force people onto disability pensions and unemployment benefits, with the emphasis is on satisfying eligibility criteria rather than rehabilitation, thus distorting Australia's ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... fill the gap." Mixed economic data out of the US overnight also adds to uncertainty, with fewer people applying for unemployment benefits last week, but sales of new homes fell significantly in January. That saw a mixed session in the US, with the Dow ...

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Blackwattle takes over Quest Asset Partners

KARREN VERGARA
Blackwattle Investment Partners has swallowed up Australian equities manager Quest Asset Partners for an undisclosed sum.

Funds SA poaches Vision Super risk specialist

MATTHEW WAI
Funds SA will welcome a Vision Super executive to replace executive director, governance and strategy Tony Burrill, as he prepares for retirement following a seven-year tenure at the company.

Regal flags muted second-half performance fees

VINNY VUCAGO
Regal Partners expects to recognise at least $122.7 million in fund performance fee revenue for calendar 2026, with market volatility and weaker investment performance limiting the prospect of further material fees in the second half.

Insignia chief draws 'hard line' on NCAs giving retirement advice

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Insignia Financial chief executive Scott Hartley said he draws a hard line when it come to the new class of advisers (NCAs) giving retirement advice.

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