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Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... BHP Billiton jumped 57 cents to $34.33, Rio Tinto surged 17 cents to $54.85 and Fortescue added six cents to $3.51. Engineering giant WorleyParsons has cut its profit guidance to between $320 million and $340 million because of delays to major resources ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... positive for the moment. Global miner BHP Billiton was 12 cents lower at $33.28, and Rio Tinto dumped 80 cents to $57.23. Engineering and asset management firm Calibre Group plummeted 61 cents, or 50.41 per cent, to 60 cents after it issued a profit ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... also has a large exposure to the US market, was another strong performer, up 37 cents, or 2.9 per cent, at $13.12. Engineering firm UGL disappointed the market, with a 53 per cent drop in first half profit due to restructuring costs. Its shares were ...

Advisers expect greater focus on efficiency after FoFA

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... improve their efficiency than a range of other initiatives, such as outsourcing, client segmentation, and process re-engineering. Almost 55% of surveyed advisers rated 'Making more use of technology including mobile technology' as important or very important ...

TAL Direct appoints marketing head

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... direct business has continued to realign around our customer base." Hunt holds a first class MA MEng in Manufacturing Engineering from Cambridge University. TAL Direct operates the InsuranceLine brand, plus numerous "white label" alliances producing ...

Super debate flawed: ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... Nobel laureate in economics, Robert Merton, speaking at a recent FINSIA gathering. Merton is advocating for better engineering of retirement solutions focused on maximising the probability of achieving a member's desired target income subject to a minimum ...

IFM partners with AMC

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... of infrastructure. "This partnership reconfirms our commitment to that process," he added. As the peak body for all engineering disciplines, the Asset Management Council aims to create a broad awareness of the value of asset management and provide a ...

Zurich launches life risk update

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... including change in workforce profile and advances in medical technology. An extensive review of risk ratings for engineering and mining related occupations has resulted in the addition of more than 30 new occupations to Zurich's adviser guide. Zurich ...

Peak in investment spend to herald lower growth: Barclays economist

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... big shock for the economy as [resources] investment has been a key driver of growth," says Davies. "We expect to see engineering and construction work halve by 2014, and the early forecast is for growth to slow to 2%." But assuming there are no future ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... year, and said its chief executive Peter Goode would step down on September 30. Transfield was down 13 cents at $1.92. Engineering firm Worley Parsons said underlying full year profit improved in 2011/12 despite the impact of uncertain economic conditions ...