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Evans Dixon slashes staff

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
Embattled wealth manager Evans Dixon has revealed it fired 20% of its staff, as it reports its underlying earnings were down 22% for the half-year to $20.8 million. The firm cut 14% of its staff in its wealth advice business, 5% of its E&P business ...

ISA takes swipe at Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
Industry Super Australia (ISA) claims an increase in the super guarantee to 12% will increase consumption at a whole adult life level, as it takes a swipe at alternate modelling. In its submission to the Retirement Income Review (RIR), ISA said its ...

China vaccinates against corona

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
Weekend reports that COVID-19 is not only multiplying but infecting more countries sent financial markets back. According to Al Jazeera, a total of 76,288 cases and 2345 deaths have been reported in mainland China as at February 21 - there'll be ...

GAM profits fall 92%, management team overhauled

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... Sanderson revealed GAM's forward strategy which includes plans to cut costs and slim its board. This will likely include job losses, Sanderson hinted. GAM's headcount was cut by 12% last year and will fall further, he said. "We are not targeting ...

All Tech Index launches down under

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... market. A number are included in this new index." Stevens said a growing technology sector could help drive economic growth and job creation in Australia. "Technology plays an increasingly important role in our lives," he said. "A vibrant technology ...

Chief economist update: Aussie employment rises... but so does our unemployment rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... fell by 8.1 million hours over the month. Employers would ask workers to work more hours before hiring extra staff. The ANZ job ads survey - which leads employment growth by three to six months - continues to decline, dropping by 11.8% in the year to ...

HSBC to cut 35,000 jobs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
HSBC announced plans to cut around 35,000 jobs from its global business after posting a 33% drop in profits in 2019. The bank said it is also planning a complete restructure of the business as it reduces its global headcount to around 200,000 employees ...

Government loves SMSFs: Hume

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... agreement that did not allow them to choose a super fund might disadvantage them. Hume said the person might hypothetically have a job with a retailer "whose name starts with K and ends with T" and due to a workplace agreement has to open a new super ...

Investment Manager of the Year named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... categories across six major asset class sectors. "The Investment Leadership Awards reward investment managers that see their job as more than achieving headline returns. They see their job as managing client assets for the long term in a way that achieves ...

Former SMSFA chair returns to role

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
A former chair of the SMSF Association has returned for another stint in the top job. Andrew Hamilton has been appointed chair of the SMSF Association, taking on the role from the end of the association's 2020 conference, which kicked off on the Gold ...