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Employment mobility figures revised

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has revised its estimates about the mobility of the Australian labour force noting that of 9.921 million people aged 15 years and over who were working in February 2006 for employers other than themselves, 11.6 per ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
The National Australia Bank's Monthly Business Survey has reported that business conditions fell by 4 points to a score of +14 during November to effectively reverse the rise of last month but still keep the index at strong levels. Business conditions ...

600,000 Understanding Money booklets mailed: Dutton

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
Since the financial literacy Understanding Money campaign was launched in July this year, 600,000 Understanding Money booklets have been sent out. Half these were sent out in response to requests sent to the website with the other half in response to ...

Aust Meat Industry Super Trust opens to the public

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
The Australian Meat Industry Superannuation Trust (AMIST) has just gone public offer - good news for those who have been banging on the door for some time trying to join the fund. Fund secretary, Paul Cahill, said AMIST had received a lot of interest ...

BankWest and ABN AMRO win Best of the Best reverse mortgages

ALEX DUNNIN, HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
BankWest has been awarded Money magazine's Best of the Best award for reverse mortgages sold by banks while ABN AMRO won the award for the best non-bank reverse mortgage. Macquarie and CommBank came in second and third for the banks while Bluestone ...

Top insurers join with IFF to help with mental health

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
The job of a super fund trustee is to help boost retirement savings and one way to do this is do help members live long enough to spend it, which is why the Industry Funds Forum (IFF) mental health campaign is so important. If it helps the bottom-line ...

Planner PI insurance reforms unclear: AFA

Government proposals requiring financial services licensees, such as planning groups, to take out professional indemnity (PI) insurance to cover potential compensation claims about the quality of their advice have met mixed reactions from industry experts. ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
The Australian share market was stronger at noon, buoyed by a positive lead from Wall St and higher metals prices. At 1203 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 26.5 points higher at 5451.4 while the all ordinaries lifted 24.5 points to 5437. On ...

FinLit database to identify gaps and overlaps

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
Following the launch of the UnderstandingMoney campaign, the Financial Literacy Foundation is now setting up a database of financial literacy programs while also expanding its programs into vocational education. The Foundation is also now compiling ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006
ABS international trade data shows that Australia's trade imbalance increased in October by $535 million on the revised September figure to tally to a deficit of $1.26 billion. Exports rose by about 2 per cent to $18,047 million whereas imports rose ...