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The first is always the best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
... strong over the past two years... the unemployment rate probably understates the amount of slack still remaining in the labor market". Say whaaa? Is he arguing for an early or later lift-off? Thank goodness Jerome explained further (else, I'll be forever ...

Political donations pay off

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... to the Liberal or National Parties experienced better share price performance than those who only gave to the Australian Labor Party (ALP). The Political Monitor research identified over thirty companies in the ASX200 that donated to one or more political ...

US schools should teach finlit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... school boards. SIFMA has also been highly critical of federal government initiatives, being overseen by the Department of Labor, to introduce fiduciary obligations on retirement advisers arguing it will result retirement fund members having reduced access ...

Labor backs ASIC data retention authority

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Shadow Attorney General Mark Dreyfus voiced his support for amendments to the Government's data retention bill which authorise the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to retain telecommunications data for the purposes of investigating ...

Patience, my dear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... in December that followed a 423K surge in November and the unemployment rate dropping from 5.8% to 5.6% in December. The Labor Market Conditions Index (LMCI) advanced to a reading of 7.1 in December from 6.7 in the previous month. The annual headline ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... lower, after increased prospects of a hike in US interest rates weighed on Wall Street. Strong jobs growth data from the US Labor Department has raised expectations the Federal Reserve will soon lift interest rates. The US economy added 295,000 jobs ...

NSW to receive $2 billion infrastructure incentive

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... infrastructure at a time when the mining investment boom is receding. The first deal under the Initiative was signed with the ACT Labor Government on 19 February 2015." The government expects the Asset Recycling Initative to generate nearly $40 billion ...

LMCI's portrait of labour market conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... "Baby, baby, baby nooo". This, at least, was the message conveyed by Wall Street's performance on the day the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the jobs numbers. They all fell down - US equities, that is. The S&P 500, down 1.4%; the Dow, down ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... lift interest rates. At 0812 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down 64 points at 5,826. The Labor Department said the US economy added 295,000 jobs in February, pushing the unemployment rate down two tenths to 5.5 per cent ...

NAB to face Senate grilling over advice scandal

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
... "The reason why we called this hearing is because we want to get to the bottom of this issue with NAB as soon as possible," Labor Senator and Committee chair Sam Dastyari told the media minutes before the hearing. Reports in Fairfax Media of persistent ...

Editor's Choice

Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:01PM
Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:30AM
The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:13PM
L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   11:50AM
Apostle Fund Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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