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Fin services group wins 'employer of choice' for women

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2011
State Street's Australian business is again recognised by the Federal Government as an 'employer of choice' for women. The Government's Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) acknowledged 98 organisations for their strong commitment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
The Australian dollar opened flat on Monday, after an up-and-down offshore session. At 0700 AEDT, the local unit was trading at 101.33 US cents, down marginally from Friday's local close of 101.41 US cents. During the weekend offshore session, the Australian ...

Super cap breach stings 65,000

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
More than 65,000 Australians have breached their concessional superannuation contribution cap leading to excess tax on their retirement funds, according to Government figures. In a response to a Senate question by Shadow Assistant Treasurer Mathias ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... stock markets fell on Wednesday as instability in the Middle East and North Africa hit sentiment despite a strong US jobs figure, with safe-haven gold hitting a new high as the dollar slid. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares closed off 0.35 per ...

Gap widens for women's super

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
The average superannuation gap between women and men widened in the six months to June according to latest figures from AMP, analysed by Access Economics. Average fund balances for men rose from $43,840 to $54,061, an increase of 23.3 per cent for the ...

Strong returns boost super balances: AMP

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
Good fund returns plus a strong economy have helped superannuation balances to recover from the financial crisis, exceeding their 2007 levels for the first time according to the latest data released by AMP today. Average balances increased by 11.4 per ...

Queen Qaddafi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
Oil is the word, is the word, is the word. Yup there's no turning the pages of the political, economic and financial news without seeing the letters O-I-L these days. And all because of "Queen" Qaddafi's (UK's The Telegraph reported that he "pleaded ...

BT Wrap lends more aid to dealer groups

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... December. Correction: An earlier version of this article stated that BT Wrap had $4.7 billion in funds under management. This figure was for just one badge of BT Wrap. BT Wap in total has $40 billion in funds under management. We apologise for the er ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
The Australian dollar was higher on Monday, as business indicators data for the December quarter increased market optimism ahead of GDP data due out this Wednesday. At 0700 AEDT on Monday, the local unit was trading at 101.41 US cents, up from 101.21 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
The Australian dollar was higher on Friday morning, on the back of encouraging Australian investment data and a higher oil price. At 0700 AEDT on Friday, the local unit was trading at 100.97 US cents, up from 100.60 cents on Thursday. Since 1700 AEDT ...