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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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... scheme and a share issue to Bocimar International NV. Rio Tinto Ltd chief scientist Robin Batterham addresses the University of Western Australia's Institute of Advanced Studies on energy, minerals and climate change. The Opes Prime cases returns to ...

More pain to come for councils

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... portfolios and not just toxic CDOs, warns an investment academic. Jerry Parwada, associate professor of finance at the University of New South Wales and an expert on managed funds and investor behaviour, said councils which invest in derivatives could ...

Furlan to lead Super Complaints Tribunal

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... to the Victorian Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Fund. She is a graduate in law and commerce from the University of Melbourne. The chair is the tribunal's executive officer and is responsible for its overall operation and administration.

Working mothers caught in tax snafu

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... rates highlights how the economic spotlight now on income-tax distribution in Australia is turning into a blowtorch. University of Sydney professor of public economics Patricia Apps has released research, reported in today's Sydney Morning Herald, that ...

Fin advice satisfaction down: Lifeplan

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2009
... the market condition," said Matt Walsh, Lifeplan Funds Management general manager of strategy and Development. The University of Adelaide's International Centre for Financial Services, which conducted the survey for Lifeplan, noted that the length of ...

New board member for legalsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2009
... resolution and litigation and is an accredited specialist in personal injury law and has a Master of Laws from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2009
... report for the May quarter. Reserve Bank of Australia board member Jillian Broadbent is due to address a Queensland University of Technology Business Leaders' Forum. In company news, Ruralco Holdings Ltd releases half year results. Ascent Pharmahealth ...

Seeking equilibrium

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... September 2008 - following an increase to 14 in the previous month. This was backed up by the May jump in the Reuters/University of Michigan index of home-buying conditions to a level equal to the index's average level during the US housing boom conditions ...