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Cognacs and chocolates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... 1967. Year-on-year, overall retail sales fell by 7.9 per cent and by 5.6 per cent excluding auto sales. With the US unemployment rate at 7.2 per cent and rising and the recession deepening, those Americans who started the sub-prime crisis - the NINJAs ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... The Australian share market was nearly two per cent lower at noon following the tumble on Wall Street after the US unemployment rate shot to a 16-year high. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 67.7 points, or 1.81 per cent, at 3,668 ...

Bad tidings we bring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... occurred in the last four months of 2008 with December accounting for 524,000 of the job cuts. Needless to say, the US unemployment rate jumped to a 16-year high of 7.2 per cent. US consumer spending will continue to weaken as the disappearance of employment ...

Beautiful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... propensity. While every little bit helps given the global predicament, we must be thankful for small graces. What about the unemployment rate? Australia's unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percent to 4.4 per cent in November - a one-year high. One-year high! ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open lower after shares in the US slumped on a big rise in unemployment claims and a surprising jump in the trade deficit. Resource stocks may gain after commodity prices advanced. At 0830 AEDT on the Sydney ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... 7.5 per cent from 9.5 per cent. It is widely perceived that China needs to grow by around 8 per cent to keep its unemployment stable. Anecdotal evidence shows that sacked factory workers are already staging strikes in the country. Should the World Bank' ...

All I want for Christmas is a job

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2008
... 533,000 in November - the biggest one-month fall in 34 years. This brings the total number of Americans thrown into the unemployment scrapheap close to two million (1.9 million) this year. The bulk of the pink slips - 1.25 million - were handed in the ...

Decimal offers $5 financial health check

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008
... planners can generate alternative risk levels, investment options and the find out the impact of future events such as unemployment or having children for existing and prospective clients.

Planners spared AMP job cuts

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... redundancies already occurring across big firms such as ANZ Bank, Citibank and Suncorp, among others. Australia's unemployment rate is expected to hit 5 per cent by the June quarter of next year, with financial services bearing a big brunt of the slowdown. ...

Main Street is burning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... to lower demand for goods and services. Lower demand forces companies...... During the 1990/91 recession, the US unemployment rate jumped from 5.2 per cent to a high of 7.8 per cent and about 1.2 million jobs were lost. The jump in the unemployment rate ...

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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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