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BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... jumped by 44.7 per cent in the year to Feb following a whopping 85.5 per cent rise in the previous month. Australia is one major beneficiary. Today, we'll get an update of the country's employment stats. Betting is for a 15,000 addition in jobs in February ...

Happy birthday bull

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... of bad news in this current environment of fear when most are seeking reasons to sell (their investment assets), defer (major purchases), postpone (capital investment) or reduce (headcount). Indeed, the flow of economic and survey data have been bad ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... cent. With little in the way of economic reports or earnings to help drive shares higher, investors took a breather after major indices rose the past few weeks. The Dow Jones industrial average settled up 11.86 points, or 0.11 per cent, at 10,564.38 ...

Verity and newfocus unveil marketing benchmarking study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... research I received', said Stafford, director of Verity Financial Marketing. Stafford said the study will try to address the major problem confronted by super fund marketing leaders: that there is only minimal information about peer funds thus making ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
The Australian stock market was relatively flat at noon on Tuesday in the absence of major leads. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 2.9 points higher, by 0.06 per cent, at 4,810.8 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had lifted ...

Russell hires Telstra Super portfolio manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... was portfolio manager - alternative assets. She has over ten years' experience in the alternative assets space across all major asset classes and brings extensive knowledge of the superannuation and investment industry, having also previously worked ...

Citi and GSJBW win ESG awards

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... producing high quality ESG research in Australia. Despite the challenges presented by the global financial crisis, most of the major Australian brokers have established some form of capacity in this area," said McCluskey.

Still a two-way street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... Street, the employment numbers haven't done much! That's why we got this index intra-day seesaw on the road to nowhere - the major indices closed virtually unchanged - happening all over again. US non-farm payrolls fell by 36K in February versus expectations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... for the US economy. Financial shares rose after insurer American International Group Inc reached a deal to sell one of its major foreign divisions to MetLife Inc for $US15.5 billion ($A17.09 billion). MetLife had confirmed last month it was in talks ...

Planners as fiduciaries to drive industry growth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... specially following the introduction of intra-fund advice relief. The ground has already shifted in the last two years as major financial planning groups answer renewed calls for independent advice. AMP will soon phase out commission-based planning ahead ...