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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... and an improvement from the previous month's 4.1% rate which was the highest level in six years. The unemployment rate for job seekers aged 15-29 improved to 11.8% last month from February's record high 12.5% rate. Total employment increased by 1.2% ...

It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... 5.6% in December but this was largely due to the lift in the participation rate from 62.7% to 62.9% in January. Discouraged job seekers are encouraged to send out resumes again - a fact highlighted by the US consumer confidence survey that showed the ...

Mother doesn't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... that it makes it suspect. A closer look at the details of the report reveals that this was mainly due to the a whopping 806K job seekers dropping out of the labour force.A The participation rate fell to 62.8% in April - the lowest level in 36 years -- ...

Lotsa data but no game change (yet)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... for the more important ones coming our way later this week. Before we laid our heads down to sleep we learned that the ANZ job advertisement series fell for the fourth straight month in June - down by 1.8% from down 2.5% in May. The series is down by ...

Market Wrap early AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... 3,448.5 points. In Madrid, the IBEX 35 index dived 1.89 per cent to 7,818.6 points after official data showed the number of job seekers in recession-struck Spain soared in October to the highest level for at least 16 years. Eyes are on the world's two ...

Feeding the fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... deeper, the rise in the unemployment rate was due to the increase in the number of Americans looking for jobs, i.e., discouraged job seekers are now returning to the labour market. But with the US labour market in repair, wouldn't the Fed be thinking ...

Christmas comes early for job seekers

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
Investment professionals who lost their jobs last year can take some comfort in the fact that 14 per cent of Australian firms plan to take on more staff in the lead up to Christmas. Planners and fund managers who faced the axe this time last year due ...

Tweeting won't get you jobs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... financial services, dismiss social networking as a way to find out about new jobs. A new Hays survey of around 800 Australian job hunters show that almost one in two said social networking sites do not help their career development. Only 18.56 per cent ...

Planners spared AMP job cuts

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
... talent, Matthew Dale, director of consulting for Futurestep Australia told the Financial Standard last month. "From a job seeker's perspective, we would predict that it would be extremely challenging over the next one to two years. There has been a reduction ...

Seeking six figures online

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2008
A new recruitment website that links high income job seeking-hopefuls directly with employers is due to be launched next week, hoping to change the face of the high-end employment scene. Six Figures ( www.sixfigures.com.au ) is the brainchild of HR ...

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Fidelity to roll out more active ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
The fund manager is looking to significantly boost its local lineup of active ETFs.

Prime Super finds new chief executive

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Prime Super has appointed former Zurich chief of business transformation Raeline Seales as its new chief executive.

Performance test needs better metrics, durability

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The superannuation performance test has several shortcomings that must be addressed in Treasury's latest round of consultation so it is fair and sustainable, the Actuaries Institute Summit heard.

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The State Street-owned company will welcome a new head of Asia Pacific.

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