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No double dip recession: Fidelity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2010
... a double dip recession] you need corporates overspending, cutting costs, laying off people - it requires the unemployment rate to shoot up to cause it," he said. "But corporates have already cut their costs, are already in better shape, already have ...

Wall Street takes a dive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) and I expect continued moderate growth, a gradual decline in the unemployment rate, and subdued inflation over the next several years." Cover your ears and sing lalala so you don't hear him say that interest ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... this year. That's down from the 3.2 per cent to 3.7 per cent forecast in April. The central bank also said the unemployment rate, now at 9.5 per cent, will at best fall to 9.2 per cent. In its April forecast, the Fed had a slightly lower bottom number ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2010
... The market shrugged off US nonfarm payrolls data that showed a loss of 125,000 jobs in June and a drop in the unemployment rate to to 9.5 per cent, the lowest level since July 2009, with charts showing the benchmark oversold. In thin trade, the Nikkei ...

Every recovery starts jobless

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
... double-dip. Non-farm payrolls fell by 125,000 in June -- worse than expectations for a loss of 110,000 jobs. The unemployment rate fell to 9.5 per cent but this is because of reduced participation because many Americans gave up looking for work. Private ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2010
The Australian market is likely to open weaker on Monday after an unexpected decline in the US unemployment rate had US stocks close lower on Friday. At 0720 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 30 points ...

EOFYS

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2010
... supports the same view." Get it? China is moderating not collapsing. Next ugly contender step up please. Japan's unemployment rate rose to 5.2 per cent in May - the third consecutive month of increase. Industrial production fell by 0.1 per cent in May ...

To spend or not to spend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... painful to ignore. It is easy to ignore it now but think back to those days. Long lines at the soup kitchens, unemployment rate running at 25 per cent, and so on and so forth. The current fad towards fiscal austerity would no doubt slow economic growth ...

Mood change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... confirms that improvement in the US labour market remains painfully slow. What did Big Benny say about this? "The unemployment rate is still going to be high for a while, and that means that a lot of people are going to be under financial stress." Also ...

The future according to Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... financial markets did not hear -- or pretended not to hear -- what he said about the American jobs market. "The unemployment rate is still going to be high for a while, and that means that a lot of people are going to be under financial stress." This ...

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Blackwattle takes over Quest Asset Partners

KARREN VERGARA  |   12:15PM
Blackwattle Investment Partners has swallowed up Australian equities manager Quest Asset Partners for an undisclosed sum.

Funds SA poaches Vision Super risk specialist

MATTHEW WAI  |   12:07PM
Funds SA will welcome a Vision Super executive to replace executive director, governance and strategy Tony Burrill, as he prepares for retirement following a seven-year tenure at the company.

Regal flags muted second-half performance fees

VINNY VUCAGO  |   12:04PM
Regal Partners expects to recognise at least $122.7 million in fund performance fee revenue for calendar 2026, with market volatility and weaker investment performance limiting the prospect of further material fees in the second half.

Insignia chief draws 'hard line' on NCAs giving retirement advice

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   11:59AM
Insignia Financial chief executive Scott Hartley said he draws a hard line when it come to the new class of advisers (NCAs) giving retirement advice.

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