Motorists benefit from higher $A, lower crude price

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Weekly petrol prices; Chinese “Flash” PMI Petrol prices fall for second straight week: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of unleaded petrol fell by... Read more continue reading

Weekly market & economic update – week ending 21 March, 2014

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week The past week has seen worries about Ukraine fade but concerns the Fed will raise rates earlier than expected take centre... Read more continue reading

Dalton Nicol Reid announces new CEO

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Dalton Nicol Reid has announced the appointment of Robert White as its new Chief Executive Officer and Head of Distribution. Jamie Nicol, Director and CIO said the new appointment was... Read more continue reading

Lonsec reviews Market Vectors Australian Equal Weight ETF

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Market Vectors ETFs (Market Vectors), the exchange traded fund (ETF) business of US-based investment manager Van Eck Global, today announced it has received an ‘Investment GradeIndex’ rating from research house,... Read more continue reading

Business Investment Outlook

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Business investment will decline noticeably over the next few years as the mining capex downturn accelerates. The largest impact will be in the engineering construction space.  Non‑mining engineering construction growth... Read more continue reading

Bob Van Munster to retire; Brad Potter becomes Tyndall AM’s head of Australian equities

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After almost 40 years in the industry, veteran Bob Van Munster has decided to retire as Tyndall AM’s head of Australian equities in September 2014. Brad Potter has been appointed... Read more continue reading

AMP Capital expands global infrastructure debt team

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AMP Capital has made a number of senior appointments to its global infrastructure debt team in London and New York to support business growth. In London, Emma Haight joins the... Read more continue reading

New hire marks greater institutional focus for State Super Financial Services

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Leading public sector financial advice specialist, State Super Financial Services (SSFS), today announced the appointment of James Panaretos to its newly created role of General Manager of Business Development. In... Read more continue reading

Asian markets focus on geopolitical concerns

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The Ukraine-Russia crisis recently moved to the forefront of investors’ thoughts as Moscow mobilized its military power to influence developments in the autonomous Crimean peninsula. Russia’s incursions into the Ukraine... Read more continue reading

Job market winners and losers

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Detailed labour market data Industry employment: Employment rose by 50,100 over the three months to February – the biggest quarterly increase in year. Employment rose in 12 of the 19 industry... Read more continue reading