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LMCI's portrait of labour market conditions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
"Baby, baby, baby oooh Like baby, baby, baby nooo..." - Justin Bieber "Baby, baby, baby oooh." Another month, another strong and better-than-expected US non-farm payrolls report. US businesses added another 295K heads to their payroll (versus expectations ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open markedly lower following sharp falls on Wall Street after a strong US jobs report raising expectations the Federal Reserve will soon lift interest rates. At 0812 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures ...

Intergenerational Report shows need for financial advice

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
The Treasury's Intergenerational Report highlights the importance of financial advice, according to the Financial Planning Association of Australia. Given that life expectancy at birth is expected to rise by four and three years for men and women respectively ...

IGR proves current welfare level is unsustainable: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
The results of the Treasury's Intergenerational Report prove that Australia's current level of social welfare cannot be sustained and that superannuation will play a key role in addressing the issue, the Financial Services Council (FSC) said. Reacting ...

What becomes of the broken hearted?

TREVOR HARRIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
The period between separation and divorce is fraught with estate planning dangers, CommInsure national technical manager Alex Koodrin explained at a recent Financial Standard Technical Services Forum in Sydney. Koodrin said that the average time period ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open flat after a lacklustre finish on Thursday and an unriveting performance on Wall Street where stocks lifted slightly. At 0840 AEDT on Friday, the share price index futures contract was up four points at 5,894. ...

My QE, your problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
And it's off and... running. Whoops, sorry Virginia, I've gotten ahead of myself. It won't be hitting Europe's pavements till Monday, 9 March 2015 - the first instalment of the ECB's QE worth a,-60 billion, and a,-60 billion monthly hereafter until ...

JPM Global Strategic Bond Fund rated by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
JPMorgan's Global Strategic Bond Fund has been awarded a 'Recommended' rating from research house Zenith. In its assessment, Zenith said the firm's global fixed income, currency and commodities (GFICC) team is one of "the strongest in the peer set" ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
At 1013 AEDT on Thursday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 16.0 points, or 0.27 per cent, at 5,885.6, while the broader All Ordinaries index was down 14.1 points, or 0.24 per cent, at 5,857.4. On the ASX 24, the March share price index futures ...

No board meeting necessary

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
Central bank surprises continue. This week started with the People's Bank of China (PBOC) surprising with a weekend announcement that it is lowering both its benchmark one-year lending rate and one-year deposit rate by 25 basis points each to 5.35% ...