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Banks to brace for bumpier ride: Fitch

... resultant higher gearing levels. "If this were to coincide with weaker economic conditions, it may lead to an increase in unemployment which is likely to have a negative impact on bank asset quality," he warned. But asset quality and gearing levels are ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
... technology and greenhouse technologies were technologies that Australia would have a comparative advantage in. The unemployment rate in the US has increased slightly from 4.4 to 4.5 per cent as 132,000 jobs were added in November ahead of the market ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
... 357,900 and those looking for part-time work decreased slightly to 141,400. The result of these movements was that the unemployment rate remained at 4.6 per cent and the participation rate increased to 64.8 per cent. The unemployment rate in WA is now ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2006
... number of people who want to work full-time in addition to those who are lucky enough to, tends to double the existing unemployment rate. Unfortunately this number also under-estimates a better measure of unemployment which would weight those in the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
... increase in interest rates. Australia's employment data released today shows that on a seasonally adjusted basis unemployment decreased by 16,200 or about 0.1 of a percentage point to 4.6 per cent. At the same time the participation rate fell by 0.4 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
... its September labour force data with economists expecting 10,000 new jobs to have been created in the month and the unemployment rate to remain at 4.8 per cent The Australian stock market fell yesterday after a recent record-breaking run, as the central ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2006
... back of the largest discounts in prices for in excess of three decades. The latest US data shows a decline in the unemployment rate from 4.6 per cent in September to 4.4 per cent in October and thus evidence that while the US economy has experienced ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
... upon the latest OECD forecasts that the boom has added about 1.75 per cent to GDP. Recent ABS data shows that WA's unemployment rate fell from 7.4 per cent to 4.7 per cent during the period from 1995 to 2005 during which time disposable income rose by ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2006
... last year has seen a 2.7 per cent increase in employed persons and a 4.9 per cent drop in the number unemployed. The unemployment rate has decreased by 0.4 per cent to 4.8 per cent and the participation rate has risen by 0.6 points to 65.1 per cent which ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
... the US economy can be felt in Europe where the statistics office of the European Union has just announced that the unemployment rate rose by 0.1 per cent to 7.9 per cent in August. The EU is the market for about 20 per cent of US goods. In France Peugeot ...

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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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