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Jobless rate in perspective

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
'Job losses worst for 18 years' (AFR). 'Australian Jobless Rate Climbs to 4-Year High of 5.2%' (Bloomberg). Boy oh boy, here we go again. Each time Australia's job numbers are updated, we get the media's display of their masochistic tendencies. We are ...

NAB merges three wealth units

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
National Australia Bank is combining MLC, nab private wealth and nabInvest under one roof, appointing MLC chief executive Steve Tucker as the new head. In a strategy update to investors today, the bank has announced a restructure of its three previously ...

Super assets lose $25bn

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2009
... entities reached $120.4 billioin last year. Employers contributed $69.4 billion while members forked out $49.8 billion for the figure. Other contributions, including spouse contributions and government co-contributions, totalled $1.3 billion. Excluding ...

Fanning the flames of fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... is and what the potential global growth rate is, the WB did not specify. It is scarier letting the market's imagination figure out the numbers. That other global institution -- the Asian Development Bank (ADB) - also made the news with its announcement ...

Clients duck for income cover

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
Australians are taking out income protection in droves as uncertainty from the economic slowdown hits home. Professional Investment Services managing director Grahame Evans said figures from the latest Risk Distribution Monitor Survey showed the level ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is likely to open flat on Monday with a slightly positive leads from Wall Street on Friday. Oil, precious metals and copper were higher, too. At 0713 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up ...

HSBC Premier business up 76 pc

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
HSBC Australia's personal financial services business grew its local customer base by more than 76 per cent in the past 12 months, but pre-tax profits were down compared to the previous year. The local arm saw pre-tax year-on-year profit up 42 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open lower with US and European markets falling heavily on more negative economic news and uncertainty over aggressive interest rate cuts in Britain. At 0820 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
The Australian share market is expected to open stronger with US and European markets rallying overnight and commodity and oil prices higher. At 0820 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was up 72 points at 3,234. In economic ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
The Australian stock market was firmly in the red at noon, weighed down by disappointing gross domestic product (GDP) figures, and losses among the banking and mining sectors. At 1201 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 59.6 points, or 1.85 ...