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BFO board adds Vamos and Chronican

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... said. "The Banking and Finance Oath affirms respect for the position of trust that society gives to banking and finance workers, and effective leadership plays an important role in setting the right example," Chronican said. The BFO is a voluntary initiative ...

Jobs a-plenty but not if Gillard could help it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... the state of the country's labour market. Wow indeed for the Australian economy added more than seven times the 10,000 workers economists expected found work last month. The ABS' Labour Force report for February showed that 71,500 heads found work during ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... it shows that Americans kept spending despite a payroll tax increase that has lowered take-home pay this year for most workers. Consumer spending drives about 70 per cent of the US economy. Stocks of retail companies rose after the sales report. LONDON ...

Media Super to add corporate funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
... regularly as part of our new strategy," Rooney said. While Media Super can gain new members by looking for media industry workers in corporate funds, it is now focused on attracting corporate funds whose members are already part of the media sector. ...

The virtuous cycle is back in play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... happening at the same time that the national government's trying to right its budget deficit. But what about those 750,000 workers that are expected to lose their jobs... and the extra boost to the economy derived from their spending? No worries. If ...

What Stronger Super?

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... director and Market Leader, Pacific market. "They are unsure about the rules and the goal posts just keep moving; Australian workers want help to become retirement ready," Anderson said. Over half (53%) of respondents believe their employer should be ...

Combined Super gets MySuper approval

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... authorisation from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) to offer a MySuper product. The industry fund for workers in education and related sectors, is one of the first funds to get an APRA authorisation, following the approval of SunSuper ...

All Ords at 5000 overvalued but...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... albeit part-time, as noted in the latest employment report where the Australian Bureau of Statistics recorded some 20,200 workers hired in January. And they're happy. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute consumer confidence index jumped by 7.7% in February ...

Coalition wants fund governance changes: Fletcher

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... for its members. "Presumably it [the CFMEU] intends to use the award process to have CBUS removed as a default fund for workers covered by the relevant awards. "This would stop the flow of contributions from such workers to CBUS," Fletcher said. CBUS ...

On positive contagion, reflation and the great rotation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... The change now shows average employment growth of 181K monthly last year instead of 153K. That's an additional 335K more workers that'll continue to spend and pay taxes. Must be why the University of Michigan/Reuters consumer sentiment is rising, home ...