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Jobless rate in perspective

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... 94.8 per cent. According to reports, the unemployment rate is now one month short of its 4-year high. So what were the papers saying four years ago? Thanks to the ABC website -- which has a free archive -- I was able to access a news article posted on ...

Biggest Loser Part 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... the three months to December. Never mind the 'for extra effect' annualised contraction of 12.7 per cent reported in the papers, Japan's economy had never contracted this much since 1974. The UK has weighed in earlier in the year and reported that it ...

Focus on the good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... growth rate - shows the US economy declining by only 1 per cent in December. Ahh...but that won't get people rushing to buy papers would it? And to further put things in perspective, year-on-year US real GDP - thus far - had only peeped through under ...

Top guns tackle industry challenges

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2008
They don't have the answer for world peace but five young investment professionals were lauded this week for their papers that offer solutions to the challenges that have long confounded the investment industry. Renee Knapp, a senior claims consultant ...

Fed to bail-out corporate paper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... accommodate the credit needs of businesses and households." The plan will see the US central bank purchase unsecured commercial papers such as short-term IOUs issued by the banking sector, corporations and US municipalities in order to provide short-term ...

Wickham wins actuary of the year

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2008
... been a consistent contributor to the profession over many years. He has written a number of thoughtful and provocative papers, challenging the way that we think about retirement savings and pension reform," Martin said. Wickham won the institute's Melville ...

Negline joins Rainmaker

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
... pension, aged care, estate planning and insurance. Financial planners and advisory groups interested in submitting white papers for possible inclusion in the next edition of The Australian Journal of Financial Planning can contact Tony on [email protected] ...

Back to school on finance

... effectively communicated to achieve maximum impact," said Fink. The funding will help the Centre publish industry-oriented white papers and to offer interactive conferences, leadership development programs and networking events. "Beyond advancing industry ...

Post sub-prime, ethics more crucial than ever: CFAs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... Diermeir. There must also be tougher emphasis on codes of conduct and ethics, which is why the CFA Institute is producing many papers on trustee, investment manger and fiduciary standards that they hope will be adopted around the world.

Alt energy funds ready for 2030

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2008
... some good value in that area," Ross Paul, chief investment officer at Bakers Investment Group, said. "A lot of research papers are coming out about the demand for energy by 2030 and the big shifts are going to happen in the middle of the next decade ...