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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... December, on retail trade in January, and Government Finance Statistics for the December quarter. The Australian Industry Group-PwC Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index is due. The RBA also issues its index of commodity prices for February. ...

Support grows for Asia Funds Passport

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... funds to exchange across the region, according to joint research report by the Financial Services Council of Australia and PwC. The study asked respondents from 11 different economies from industry bodies, market participants and member firms of the ...

AMP taps telecoms expert to lead Hillross

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... management consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers and later with IBM Business Consulting Services after its acquisiton of the PwC Consulting business in 2002. At the end of March, Hillross had 323 advisers and $10.7 billion in funds under advice, according ...

Jana and Frontier add to ranks

MEDIA RELEASES  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... has worked for the past four years at Access Capital Advisers and has previous experience at CBA (structured finance) and PwC (taxation). Simpson's appointment brings the number of specialists covering alternative assets to 16.

Positive contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... in one-and-half years to 57.6 last month from 55.6 in December 2009. Because Australian manufacturing has improved. The AIG/PwC performance of manufacturing index rose to 51 in January on higher demand for coal, transport equipment and construction materials ...

Perpetual appoints board director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2009
... retired as the chairman of the global board of PrivewaterhouseCoopers International. Prior to that he also chaired the board of PwC's Australian arm. During his career at PwC, Brasher was client service partner and lead engagement partner for some of ...

Europe fails at fee disclosure

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2009
... fees towards investors", however no single definition of the Total Expense Ratio (TER), exists in Europe, noted the report. PwC noted there was a lack of consistency with how fund managers disclosed the amount they were charging clients for TER. In fact ...

Lay-by age pension to plug savings gap

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2008
... Lay-by style Age Pension and 'longevity insurance' products. A panel of industry experts from Mercer, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) and Watson Wyatt gathered at an Institute of Actuaries briefing last week to discuss the ideas they submitted to the Harmer ...

Qantas Super to exit Constellation

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... June and on a rolling 12 month basis, we're up three per cent." Little said that Constellation and QSL are consulting with PWC to find a new stakeholder in the firm. "Qantas will not be withdrawing capital... our objective is to seek and identify a strategic ...

Protect super savings: PwC survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2008
The Australian Securities Investments Commission (ASIC) and the financial services industry must work together to find better ways to protect superannuation savings, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers Investment Management CEO survey 2008. The ...