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This Week's Market Movers (7-11 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... cut, which took effect on 1 July. Employment (June). The ABS reported that around 19,700 jobs were lost but that the unemployment rate steadied at 4.3 per cent in May. While Australia's seasonally adjusted jobless rate remains low by historical standards ...

Unemployment stays steady

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2008
The number of people employed in Australia fell nearly 20,000 during May but the unemployment rate has remained steady on 4.2 per cent. The ABS has just reported the latest Labour Force figures and they show almost no change in the key metrics of participation ...

Govt to create national infra investment fund

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... According to the ABS inflation is now in excess of 4 per cent and despite interest rates being at an 11 year high unemployment is still only slightly above 4 per cent as well while retail spending is yet to slow down in any meaningful way. The Canberra ...

Labour force participation up 20 bps

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
The real story in yesterday's unemployment rate staying flat at 4.1 per cent is that labour supply increased. According to the ABS, the flat unemployment rate was accompanied by the number of people unemployed increasing by 16,900 which is the same ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... June share price index was down 74 points at 5,582. In local economics news, jobs data for March is due with the unemployment rate expected to remain at 4.1 per cent. The Western Australian government releases its 2008 budget. In equities, Rupert Murdoch's ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... for April showed the median expectation of inflation was 4.3 per cent, down from 4.6 per cent in March. Australia's unemployment rate was a seasonally adjusted 4.1 per cent in March, compared with 4.0 per cent in February. In company news, Bank of Queensland ...

Unemployment rises to 4.1 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
The latest unemployment figures just released by the ABS fuel hopes that the economy might be finally slowing. The ABS has just reported that unemployment has increased by 0.1 percentage points to 4.1 per cent in seasonally adjusted terms. But the shift ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2008
... almost 1.5 per cent at noon, led by financial stocks weighed by problems in credit markets. An unexpected fall in the unemployment rate also influenced the fall, on fears that interest rates may increase again. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Stagflation cross-winds

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
... which characterized three US recessions during the 1970s - during which inflation rose to around 15 per cent, while unemployment hit a whopping 9 per cent. Instead of joining prevailing pronostications of prolonged inflation and stagnation, Bernanke ...

US dominoes keep falling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
... it has since slowed sharply. Labor market conditions have similarly softened, as job creation has slowed and the unemployment rate - at 4.9 percent in January - has moved up somewhat," he said. Further illustrating how the sub-prime contagion is now ...

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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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