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UK firm launches planner competition

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2009
... survey of Manchester Metropolitan University students found almost 70 per cent were concerned about gaining professional employment upon graduation, a key demographic for the industry. "There are positive signs of interest and consideration in the financial ...

Higher fees, more cover: AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... medical conditions may now be eligible to apply for a benefit without having to wait the usual six months after ceasing employment. The fund had also removed TPD tapering for terminal illness payment. Before 1 November last year, the value of TPD units ...

Jobless rate in perspective

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... - was the loss of 53,800 full-time jobs during the month. We have to make this as painful as we could. The overall employment gain of 1,800 was left as an afterthought or buried somewhere like the fine prints or disclaimers in some dodgy contracts. Nor ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... March SPI futures index was down 15 points at 3,134. In economic news on Tuesday, the Manpower-Melbourne Institute Employment Report for March is due. In Sydney, the National Australia Bank issues its business survey for February, and ANZ releases its ...

Chinese medicine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... global financial crisis' epicenter continues to be battered. Automatic Data Processing's (ADP) survey of US private employment showed another 697,000 jobs were lost in February on top of the 614,000 jobs that disappeared in the previous month. Similarly ...

Boomers to postpone retirement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... rules, many people are looking at their options post-55 and for many that does include may be staying in some meaningful employment as a way of remaining engaged and generating some income."

Riccardian equivalence redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... in a way, contribute a multiplier to the economy. Their purchasing power and consumption enables others to remain in employment. But then again, this could also work if it is used as a means to redistribute income to those who are sure to spend the money. ...

No bad news is no news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... Australian Labour Force report? Australian newspapers have relegated yesterday's Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) employment report to their inside pages. Since November last year, the media have been finding reasons to negatively spin whatever ...

Plusses and minuses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... helping? Going forward, think of the multiplier effect the rebound in the property market brings in terms of direct employment in the sector and employment in auxiliary services from plumbing to household furnishings to conveyacing. Glass half empty. ...

Transcending politics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... scheduled to be handed down this Thursday - the same day that the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the Australian employment report for January. Both leaders are harnessing their poll popularity in trying to get their respective proposals through. ...