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Further rate cuts to tempt investors back into risk assets: Lucas

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
... investor risk aversion, adds Lucas is what's happening offshore, especially in the US where there's been a solid rise in employment with the unemployment rate having dropped to a four-year low of 7.7%. "Negative trends can still be found in the jobs ...

Insto property investors forced overseas

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... Wentworth Hotel, Australian research and strategy expert Alexandra Gray said that tight vacancy rates in Sydney and growing employment and wage prospects mean apartments are a good investment in the Emerald City. LaSalle has partnered with local developers ...

Super fund contribs down a third in June quarter

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... (discretionary) contributions were $542 million (13%) lower. "The decline in employer contributions, in part, reflects slower employment growth over the past six months and the decline in 0.2 per cent decline in wages in the September quarter," the FSC ...

Uncertainly certain RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... to expectations for a 51.4 print - from 51.7 in the previous month, led by big falls in new orders (50.3 from 54.2), employment (48.4 from 52.1) and inventories (45.0 from 50.0). According to the ISM report, "Comments from the panel this month generally ...

Interest rates to tumble below 2.5%: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... adjusted growth has slipped below trend and there are signs of weakness creeping in from other parts of the economy. "Employment conditions are a little more challenged than most people realise," he explained. "The latest ANZ job numbers are a sign of ...

Urbanisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... cities... More importantly, it's about a complete change from rural to urban style in terms of industry structure, employment, living environment and social security." However, this is nothing new. Li had been championing this urbanization idea since ...

CSSA calls out default fund selection

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012
... president. The Corporate Super Specialist Alliance (CSSA) has made a submission to the Standing Committee on Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, objecting to the selection of default super funds being incorporated in the Fair Work Amendment ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... when they open," Mr Heffernan said. Still to come on Thursday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics is due to publish employment figures for October, at 1130 AEDT. Market consensus is for the economy to have added 5,000 jobs in the month. The spot price ...

Market Wrap early AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... the start of China's leadership transition. The US dollar remained elevated against the yen and euro after Friday's employment numbers, but that was unable to support Japan's Nikkei, which also saw profit-taking after last week's healthy gains. Tokyo ...

A week full of question marks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... advance. Yes Virginia, this is another 'what the' moment. For 'what the' fudge's wrong this time? What, what, what? The US employment report was good, it was better than market expectations in fact. Non-farm payrolls rose by 171K last month against predictions ...