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Trick or treat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... represents the sharpest decline in nine months. And the outlook for our MVP does not look good either. The Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index fell to 70.6 in October from 73.5 in September. Again, the stats were in line with market ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... of consumers fanned concerns that people nervous about jobs and the economy will hold off spending. The Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index fell to 69.4 in a preliminary reading for October from 73.5 in September. General Electric's ...

FIIG hires ex-Goldman Sachs exec

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2009
... international tax consultant with Ernst & Young. He is a chartered accountant with a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney. Ward's appointment comes as FIIG expands its sales and marketing capability in response to increased demand for ...

Industry pushes for super concessions for women

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
... recently divorced women having around $40,000 in super while men have around $145,000. Research from the Queensland University of Technology also found average payouts are currently $73,000 for women compared to $155,000 for men. Both AIST and fellow ...

SMSFs miss Asian equities boom

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... Asian equities boom with their negligible exposure to international equities. Ralf Zurbrugg, a professor at the University of Adelaide, revealed at the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia conference earlier this year that while the average investor's ...

Bassanese opens ETF consultancy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2009
... for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), he also has a first class honours degree in economics from the University of Adelaide and a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University.

Eslake joins think-tank

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... division. The Gratton Institute is a new think-tank that is supported by the Commonwealth and Victorian Governments, the University of Melbourne and BHP Billiton. John Daley, professor and chief executive at the institute, said Eslake's appointment is ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
... Bank of Australia assistant governor of financial markets, Guy Debelle, addresses a Whitlam Institute Forum at the University of Western Sydney. In company news, Petsec Energy Ltd issues second quarter results and Santos Ltd posts second quarter production ...

The times they are a'changin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
... more sinister than just investors' impatience - the green shoots look like they're wilting. The preliminary Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index declined to 64.6 in July - worse than market expectations for a reading of 70 - from 70.8. ...

Black or white - just beat it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2009
... spending on durables (up 0.8 per cent) such as cars - a behaviour consistent with rising confidence. The final Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment was revised to a gain of 70.8 in June from the preliminary reading of 69.0 and 68.7 in the ...