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New super legislation good news for future: AMP

... Australians to contribute more for their retirement, including a large number of spouses who are either in low-paid employment or working part-time." AMP said that according to the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM), around 40% ...

Victorian securities dealer banned:ASIC

... efficiently, honestly and fairly the duties of a representative of a securities dealer. Smith-Barney terminated Mr Kwong's employment in May 2003, when it became aware that Mr Kwong had been conducting discretionary trading in shares and options on two ...

IOOF managing director to step down in June 2004

IOOF Group chairman Ray Schoer has announced the Board has decided against renewing the five-year employment contract of Group managing director Robert Turner, after it expires in June 2004. Mr Shoer said Mr Turner had undertaken the task of steering ...

Afternoon market wrap: Shares continue to lose ground

WITH AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2003
... $11.86 and Fairfax lost two cents to $3.53. Meanwhile, Australian bonds closed weaker today after positive United States employment data led to a sell off in the domestic debt market. At 1630 AEST the yield on the Commonwealth Government May 2013 bond ...

Cicutto reappointed as NAB chief

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2003
... resigned without board consent, all shares issued under the short term incentive scheme would be forfeited. If his employment was terminated for "poor performance or failure to comply with duties or directions", shares under that scheme would also be ...

Annualised growth rate beats long term trend: Westpac/MI

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2003
... "All three monthly components of the Coincident Index improves in August. "The improvement was particularly sharp for employment statistics." Total civilian employment rose by 0.9 per cent and the unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage points to 5.8 ...

Business conditions strengthen significantly: NAB survey

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2003
... forecast to remain at 3.75 per cent, with some expected slowing in house prices broadly offset by reasonable growth in employment and wages together with higher equities. Dwelling investment was now not expected to fall as significantly as previously ...

Labor marks Anti-Poverty Week with new proposals

... Anti-Poverty Week with a commitment to convene a national summit on poverty and inequality and set targets for income, employment, health, education and community services as part of a whole government strategy to fight poverty. The top echelon of the ...

Dollar consolidates ahead of $US0.70 push

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2003
... to come after the Reserve Bank of Australia left interest rates unchanged following its board meeting and after the employment data. By the end of the week, the domestic unit began a period of consolidation, but analysts expect it will gather its strength ...

Afternoon Market Wrap: Stronger employment figures push ASX to highs

The Australian share market hit a fresh 16-month high today as resource giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto pushed higher and investors welcomed stronger-than-expected unemployment figures. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index climbed 8.2 points higher to ...