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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP | TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008

... holds its monthly board meeting. Economists are predicting that the RBA will keep interest rates on hold. Also today, the AI Group - PwC Australian performance manufacturing index for June, the SAI Global/ACCI quarterly Survey of Investor Confidence ...

AustralianSuper changes guard

CHRIS NICHOLLS | THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007

... following the departure of three directors and chairman Geoff Ashton. Ashton will be replaced by alternate director and Ai group chief executive Heather Ridout, but remain on the fund's investment committee. Doug Cameron has been replaced by AMWU national ...

Economic round-up: Manufacturing out run by fitness

SUZY MAC | TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007

... not raise interest rates, fearing it will boost the dollar even further and significantly damage our export industries. Ai Group chief executive, Heather Ridout, said, "With the Australian dollar approaching US$0.85 in recent times, there is also a risk ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007

... Australian Industry Group has renewed calls for the Federal Government to increase the tax concessions for R&D investment. The Ai Group has called for a benefit of up to 200 per cent which is an optimistic request given that the Productivity Commission's ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2007

... the Japanese direction. Both the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and the Australian Industry Group(Ai Group) have said that the government would be better to direct its surpluses to improving the Australian taxation system ahead of ...

Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN | THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2006

... which was dealt a $444 million package in 2004, of which the industry says that about $140 million remains unused. The AI Group analysis says that this is costing small businesses reliant upon sugar $100,000 to $300,000 per year depending on their need ...

ARF and STA to merge into $18bn fund

... chief executive. The heads of the two shareholders of the new fund, Greg Combet, ACTU secretary, and Heather Ridout, Ai Group chief executive, commented that in setting up the new board, "We set out to get the best board of experienced and member-focused ...

Market wrap

AAP | MONDAY, 1 AUG 2005

... Rural Bank will release its annual results as the earnings season cranks up a notch this week. On the economics fron the AI Group/PricewaterhouseCoopers July PMI is expected, along with the Reserve Bank of Australia's commodity price index for July.

Australian economy slips in world competitiveness rankings

AAP | THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2004

... first in the world, followed by the United States and then Sweden, the annual poll found. The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group), the lead partner in administering the survey locally, said that although Australia had a high ranking, it slipped from ...

Australian service sector activity improves in Sept: index

AAP | TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2004

... points indicates that services activity is generally expanding, while a reading below 50 indicates that it is declining. Ai Group and the Commonwealth Bank said the result showed that after slowing through the first half of 2004, service sector activity ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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