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AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... were higher, with Rio Tinto up 22 cents at $66.54 and BHP Billiton up 51 cents at $37.16. Uranium miners were higher after Labor's national conference backed Prime Minister Julia Gillard's plan to remove the party platform's ban on uranium exports to ...

PJC: Government needs to re-think payday reforms

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... backed up industry concerns that proposed caps would affect the viability of short-term lending. The PJC inquiry, chaired by Labor MP Bernie Ripoll, has recommended the government review the proposals, describing the proposed caps on payday lending fees ...

PM: Labor taking reform road on super

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... that the rise in the SG and abolition of the age cap would change peoples' futures. Pointing to the work of "visionary" Labor figures including Bob Hawke, Paul Keating and trade unionist Bill Kelty, Gillard said her party was once again "taking the reform ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... over two years. The rally lost steam as investor focus shifted to the negative aspects of a jobs report, traders said. The Labor Department said the unemployment rate dropped to a 32-month low of 8.6 per cent in November, surprising most analysts who ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... a deeper credit crisis. Another rise in applications for weekly unemployment benefits dampened the mood on Thursday. The Labor Department said initial applications rose to 402,000 last week, the second weekly increase in a row. The figures didn't change ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... step down after the Italian parliament passes economic reforms being demanded by the European Union. In other news, the US Labor Department said employers advertised more jobs in September than at any other point in the past three years. The seven per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... fast-changing developments in the European debt crisis. The Europe woes overshadowed a mixed October jobs report from the Labor Department. The US unemployment rate unexpectedly slipped to 9.0 per cent from 9.1 per cent the prior month. The number of ...

Machines of loving grace

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... weighed on growth earlier in the year." No it's not. "Nonetheless, recent indicators point to continuing weakness in overall labor market conditions, and the unemployment rate remains elevated." The Fed also lowered its growth outlook for 2012 to 2.5%-2.9% ...

Funds should target retirement income not returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... structures are not centred around asset allocations but retirement income replacement ratios, said Dr Larry Beeferman, from the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School. "If someone is in a default investment, should it be a default income level ...

CHOICE, ISN hit back at associations aspersions

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... control of Australian's superannuation money in the hands of the union-controlled industry super funds for the benefit of the Labor Party," he said. Yet Mack asks how disclosing a bill to a client to pay for your services would kill off a small business. ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI
The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI
Apostle Funds Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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