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Liberal win stuns, ASX rallies: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
While the Liberal Party's win came as a surprise to the majority of our readership, stock market investors on the other hand were buoyant with the result, Financial Standard 's latest spot poll shows. About 63% of participants said the Morrison ...

Chief economist update: Glass half-full or US recession on the way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
"It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma..." Sir Winston Leonard Churchill may be describing Russia's intentions and interests when he made this now famous quote back in 1939 (before he became UK Prime Minister 1940-1945) but Churchill's ...

Natixis backs gender diversity

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019
The global investment manager is the latest to join Future Females in Finance, advocating for women in financial services. Natixis Investment Managers has moved to narrow the gender gap in Australia's financial services industry, linking with gender ...

YBR overhauls wealth arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
Yellow Brick Road is restructuring its wealth business that will result in job cuts under the supervision of chair Mark Bouris. Its chief executive will also step down. YBR's board announced overnight it will commence to dispose, outsource or restructure ...

Chief economist update: June RBA rate cut not a sure bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
The odds that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will cut interest rates to a new record low of 1.25% from the current all-time bottom of 1.5% when its Board meets on the first Tuesday of June intensified after the Australian Bureau of Statistics' ...

CBA down, industry up for employment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... salary and benefits - which are the second most important things people look for in an employer. Macquarie also ranks highly job content. People view it as a place where they can do interesting work." Overall, the financial services sector is only the ...

Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... dropped from a reading of +6 in March to -1 in April. Australian consumers can be as positive on the outlook of them finding a job as they want but businesses are the ones doing the hiring. Not only this, the employment components of AiG performance ...

Chief economist update: RBA refused to blink in May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
... mean at 1.3% versus 1.2%. But if the RBA is hitching its stars on the strength of the labour market, the lead from the ANZ job advertisement series suggests that weakness lies ahead. Job ads have been contracting (in year-on-year terms) since January ...

TAL restructures retail arm, announces job cuts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... employees within our retail advised channel. The restructure impacts our retail channel only. "Our commitment is to mitigate job losses wherever possible. Where this is unavoidable we will provide redeployment opportunities to as many people as possible ...

Advisers agree on fair salary: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... $90,000. The median pay for a Certified Financial Planner in Sydney is $98,000, according to salary comparison website PayScale. Job search site Indeed estimates the average salary for a financial adviser Australia-wide is $85,453. Financial Standard ...