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Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... Business Council of Australia president Tony Shepherd is among the speakers at a CEDA event on the topic of improving productivity. In equities news, Thorn Group is due to post full year results, while Graincorp is expected to announce half year results ...

CBA platforms report solid performance

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2012
... Solutions, the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) reported to the ASX. The CBA said its focus remains on profitable growth, productivity and preparing for regulatory and legislative change. The bank advised that its unaudited cash earnings for the quarter were ...

Yes, no, I don't know

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... weekly drop in a year. No, the US labour market is not slowing. But here's where we go back to iffy. US-non-farm productivity fell to a 0.5% annual rate in the first quarter from 1.2% in the December quarter. It's iffy, because the drop in productivity ...

ING Direct launches new adviser website

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... previously manual processes and puts them online which, above all, will save our clients time and improve their own productivity and profitability. "This is particularly important for advisers who have already begun their transition to a fee for service ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... results, while Qantas CEO Alan Joyce is to address the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce luncheon on the topic of Productivity Imperative. Wesfarmers says Coles sales rose almost five per cent in the third quarter but tough trading conditions led ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2012
... results, while Qantas CEO Alan Joyce is to adress the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce luncheon on the topic of Productivity Imperative. In Australia, the market on Monday closed slightly weaker as investors prepared for crucial inflation data that ...

Retirement funding needs aged care inclusion

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... Minister for Ageing commented last week on the price of accommodation bonds to secure a nursing home bed, referring to Productivity Commission findings that reflected an "industry in crisis." "For many older Australians, the price they pay to enter care ...

More wealth beyond resources

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... arising. "A natural consequence of rising prices, improved efficiency has historically underpinned improvements in productivity and thus contributed to economic growth," said the paper. "Given the new resources paradigm, we believe that a revolution ...

Super contributions break through $1 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... compared to a paltry 7% for industry funds. Regardless the specifics of the upcoming MySuper and FOFA legislation and Productivity Commission reviews into employer default funds, the real battle lines will consequently be over how effective industry ...

Australia doesn't need a SWF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2012
... not using these funds for other purposes. For example, the accumulated funds could have been used for well-chosen, productivity-enhancing infrastructure projects," they wrote. Reinforcing the concern the authors noted that to defray investment risk ...