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ESG lead salaries hit $350k: Recruiter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... from financial analyst to non-financial analyst because they've got much stronger analytical skills." The tight labour market for ESG professionals means that people are advancing higher more quickly. "We're seeing that with people moving into ...

RBA hikes interest rates to 10-year high, flags further increases

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
... line. The RBA will continue to closely monitor global economic developments, household spending, inflation, and the labour market to determine the extent of future interest rate hikes needed, Lowe said. "The Board remains resolute in its determination ...

Skill shortage to continue to cost Aussie companies

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
... recession in Australia, the skills shortage for finance, technology and business support talent continues to plague the labour market, causing financial impacts on businesses at a time where the focus on cost management has heightened." Gorton added ...

Australian CPI accelerates to 7.3%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023
... rose by 1.4% while job vacancies fell to 4.9%. VanEck head of investments and capital markets Russel Chesler said labour market tightness, ongoing inflationary pressures and strong retail sales will keep the central bank on course to continue hiking ...

Gender diversity in investment management slightly improving: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
... "Achieving improved diversity may require innovation in recruitment practices, especially given the current tight labour market," McLaughlin said. "Heightened awareness of biases in advertising, evaluation criteria, networks and role modelling are important ...

Delayed reforms put pensioners at risk: OECD

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2022
... administrative burdens involved. So, the OECD calls for policy guidance to optimise employer involvement, accounting for labour market structures and mobility, ensuring good conditions in regulations and financial markets, and reducing barriers preventing ...

The game changing trends planners should know about

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... Zs in your workforce right now, you will really soon. Within six years, this next generation will be 31% of the labour market. So, we're going to be working with a lot more of them." From a client perspective, and particularly the investment standpoint ...

Advising an ageing population

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... 85% of employment growth for the last 20 years is coming from an increase in people aged 50 and above." While the labour market is being driven more by people working for longer, Scott points out there are still declining trends in those over 50 and ...

Equipsuper investment chief on re-energising his team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
... Libby Sparshatt have been with Equip/Catholic for years. How do you retain senior investment people in such a tight labour market? And how did you attract top professionals like an operations expert, a ESG specialist and two senior portfolio managers ...

Australian housing slump marches on

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... supported by a below-average flow of new listings that is keeping overall inventory levels contained. There's also tight labour market conditions, an accrual of borrower savings and a larger than normal cohort of fixed interest rate borrowers, who have ...