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Fin services group wins 'employer of choice' for women

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... while globally there has been a decline. Women hold 27 per cent of private sector senior management positions in Australia, above the global average of 20 per cent. Australia sits sixteenth in Grant Thornton's global rankings, while Thailand is number ...

Greeks, chips and slicks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... global growth. With the world economy currently growing at 4.5%, that suggests the oil price would need to leap, probably above its 2008 peak of almost $150 a barrel, to fell the recovery." The longer the tensions in the MENA region linger, the greater ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
... stocks sank Monday as Libya veered toward civil war and unrest continued to roil across Arab countries, driving crude oil above $106 a barrel in New York. "Oil continues to call the shots for the equity market and has left economics news secondary in ...

Tomorrow comes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... accelerating economic activity in the US. The index increased to 59.7 in February - the 15th consecutive month of reading above the 50 expansion mark. All components were above 50 with the employment reading jumping to its highest level since April 2006 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... 3.46 per cent late Wednesday. The 30-year note yield rose to 4.64 per cent from 4.55 per cent. LONDON - The euro surged above $1.39 on Thursday after the head of the European Central Bank hinted a rate rise could come next month and major stock markets ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... was choppy as oil prices rose to $US102 per barrel. Payroll processor ADP said companies added 217,000 jobs last month, above what analysts predicted. That raised expectations that the government's employment report coming out Friday could show a decline ...

Three and a half men

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... previous month. This is the highest reading since December 1983 and marks the 19th consecutive month that the index has been above the 50 expansion mark. But Big Ben also noted that, "Until we see a sustained period of job creation, we cannot consider ...

Macq customised portfolio mgt makes the grade

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... Australian Equity portfolio offered a focus on dividend yield and Huynh said it would be likely to achieve its aim of a 0.5 yield above the benchmark. MCPM is one of Australia's largest managed account providers, with more than one billion dollars under ...

Low contrib caps slam brakes on SMSFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... in July 2009 for tax-free super, down to $25,000 for those members under the age of 50 and $50,000 for members aged 50 or above. Previously, the caps were $50,000 and $100,000 respectively. Of the 48.4 per cent of respondents who would have contributed ...

US dollar fund taps retail ETF potential

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... investors to take a long position on the US dollar. BetaShares said the Aussie unit is now trading at roughly 40 per cent above its long-run average value against the greenback. This makes it an attractive buy for businesses wanting to hedge their exposure ...