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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... consecutive week of decline, the lowest level in six weeks and marks 66 straight weeks that claims have been below 300,000 - the longest stretch since 1973. The four-week moving average of claims declined by 7,500 to 269,500 last week while the lagging ...

BetaShares Managed Risk Series hits $200m

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... times of significant market declines. Such concerns are particularly relevant to the SMSF and retiree market. HVST, the longest running BetaShares Managed Risk fund, has delivered a distribution yield (paid monthly) of over 12% p.a. which compares to ...

Platypus Asset Management announces CIO's departure

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... vision and leadership over the past 10 years. Along with Gary and Nick, he has been instrumental in building one of the longest standing and strongest investment boutiques in the market." Wright added: "Donald has built an extraordinary investment capability ...

Hunter Hall appoints non-executive director

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... chief executive. Ferrao will also remain in her existing role as chief financial officer. Ferrao is Hunter Hall's longest serving employee having joined the firm in 1998. She has experience in finance, accounting, taxation, company secretarial and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... Manufacturing Index to 58.1 in March - the highest level since April 2004 and the ninth straight month of expansion (the longest since 2006). All seven of activity sub-indices improved last month led by a sharp 9.3-point increase in new orders to 61.7 ...

It's not the when but the what happens after

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... in a pattern of rising to the brink and then failing to break through, leaving investors without a fresh high for the longest stretch since 2013". And it came complete with charted stats that showed "the percentage of trading days in which the S&P 500 ...

Australian Defence Force offered super fund choice

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... superannuation fund. A statement from the Assistant Minister for Defence, Stuart Robert said ADF Super fixes one of the longest running grievances of the veteran and ex-service community. Robert said the 16.4% contribution rate is higher than what is ...

Financial planning director to leave AMP

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... five licensees: AMP Financial Planning, Hillross, ipac, Genesys and Charter Financial Planning. "Steve is one of AMP's longest serving employees and I'd like to thank him for his commitment and loyalty," Caprioli said. "[He] was the driving force behind ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
... moved out of Japanese equities for a second day after the Nikkei posted its 12th straight session of gains on Monday - its longest rally since 1988 at the height of the country's stock market bubble. Selling on Wednesday was fuelled by a pick-up in the ...

Market set for a fairly flat open

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... Greece and its creditors over reforming its bailout. Tokyo rose 0.39 per cent, or 78.88 points, to finish at 20,551.46, the longest winning streak since a 13-day run in February 1988. Seoul added 0.16 per cent, or 3.39 points, to 2,110.89. However, Shanghai ...