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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
... both shareholders, the potential new owners and themselves in profits. There were 180,000 new jobs created in the US in March which assisted the soft landing camp and helps negate the pessimism that has been resulting from the depressed state of the ...

Adviser confidence way up: ING

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
... compared the the last year. Around 75 per cent of the 800 advisers surveyed during the national ING Adviser Briefing Series in March said their main priority was to attract new clients and increase their advice offerings - up from fewer than 40 per cent ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2007
... reveals that the employment index has now fallen to a three year low as a consequence of fewer businesses adding staff in March. Delinquencies in the sub-prime US mortgage market have now climbed beyond 13 per cent as the inevitable finally happened ...

New chairman for SPAA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
... Hogan will remain with SPAA as vice chair. Colley, technical manager with ING owned SuperConcepts, will begin as chairman in March and brings over 20 years of financial services experience to the role. He has spent time working with the Australian Taxation ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
... cent in Shanghai in 20006. In the US the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index decreased to a score of 88.8 in March having risen to 91.3 in February. The index reflects growing concern in the US about rising numbers of outstanding late payments ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
... optimism about the Australian economy the Westpac/Melbourne Institute index of consumer confidence has risen by 3.7 per cent in March to a score of 115.5 points, its highest level since August 2005. Just over 4 per cent of consumers felt that family ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
... showing a improvement in the conditions measure to a score of 18 which sits just below the record of 18.6 that was achieved in March 2006. Constituent measures within the conditions index show that employment, trading conditions and profitability are ...

CommBank loses strategy chief

... strategic planning cycle. His departure comes less than a year after Commonwealth Bank's major management re-shuffle. In March 2006, senior executive Michael Cameron moved from finance and risk management into retail banking services, Stuart Grimshaw ...

Phoenix won't rise from $1b fraud

... $1 billion from 30,000 companies and individuals draws to a close next month, two years after the fraud was uncovered. In March 2005, the German regulator BaFin shut down the operations of the Frankfurt-based derivatives trader on suspicion that they ...

Equity Trustees rebrands super business

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2007
... change of name for its Wealthpac Australia superannuation business. Wealthpac Australia, acquired by Equity Trustees in March 2003, will now operate as Equity Trustees Superannuation, effective immediately. Equity Trustees Superannuation has more than ...