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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
... motor vehicles in November, Westpac and the Melbourne Institute release their Survey of Consumer Sentiment, and the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations issues its survey of skilled job vacancies advertised on December 4. In equities ...

AIST hires trustee governance manager

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... governance and professional standards manager. Scheerlinck will head up AIST's trustee governance and professional standards department. In addition to being the former CEO of the Australian Lawyers Alliance, she was a previous member of the Standards ...

Changes ahead for WA govt super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2010
... Treasurer to oversee the implementation of the Cabinet Decision. The Steering Group is chaired by Stephen Home of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and comprises senior representatives from the Department of Treasury and Finance, GESB, Department ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... per cent surge in US home sales in October and stronger-than-expected November sales results from US retailers and department stores. European markets also rose as the Europe Central Bank decided to continue stimulus measures in an effort to boost the ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... hiring and manufacturing in 10 of the 12 regions surveyed... and retailers expecting better holiday sales. The US Labor Department goofed. It revised US productivity to show a faster annual growth of 2.3 per cent in the third quarter instead of the 1.9 ...

Opt in rules not up for debate

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... all that stands in the way of controversial "opt in" requirements being adopted, if comments from a senior Treasury department official are anything to go by. Speaking at the FPA conference on the Gold Coast, Dr Richard Sandlant, manager of the financial ...

US insider trading probe rocks hedge fund community

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... been raided. And overnight, the scandal took another twist with mutual fund providers receiving subpoenas from the Department of Justice. Janus Capital, which has an office in Melbourne, confirmed in a regulatory filing that it "has received an inquiry ...

AIA signs record number of corporate funds

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... announced last month that it was looking to recruit 27 new permanent full time personnel to work in the customer service department. "Over the past two years we have experienced significant growth in business volumes," said Damien Green, AIA Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases its Labour Price Index for the September quarter, and the Department of Employment, Education and Workplace Relations releases a survey of skilled job vacancies advertised on November 6. Westpac ...

Thanks but no thanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2010
... overnight. More important because it confirms that the economy is waking up from its summer slumber. The US Commerce Department reported that retail sales jumped by 1.2 per cent in October - better than expectations for a 0.7 per cent rise - to stand ...