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Increasing SG will cost 57,000 jobs: ACCI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2006
... contributions already paid, a move to a compulsory 15 per cent would cost at least $10.3 billion." It could even cut employment by 57,000, they said. "Opportunistic because [it] plays on public discontent with last week's change to the superannuation ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2006
... components of the index were down with the sales index falling one point, the profitability index down three points and the employment index down by four points. The annual report of the Reserve Bank of Australia has reported an increase in earnings ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2006
... adjusted terms to take the national number of people employed to 10.2655 million. Better news was that most of the employment gain was in full-time jobs which increased by 22,600 to now represent 7,324,200 of the 10.2655 million. The number of people ...

It's Perennial all over again: Macoun

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2006
... add further boutiques at some point, and will look across all asset classes, as well as providing an "open door" of employment to academics and finance PhD graduates. Hamson will be the managing director of Plato, while the investment team will include ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2006
... jobs report eased export market concerns. The Nikkei climbed 223.82 points to 16,358.07. HONG KONG - Stocks rose as US employment data cooled concerns the Federal Reserve could lift interest rates. The benchmark Hang Seng index added 90.16 points at ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
... trade areas. AWAs are most common in these industries as well as the transport and storage sectors. The Office of the Employment Advocate recorded about 42,000 workplace agreements registered in the June quarter which represents the first opportunity ...

Perpetual chief signs on to bigger pay deal

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
... renewed his contract, securing significant increases to remuneration and bonus structures. Changes to Deverall's previous employment contract include an increase in the notice of resignation period from six to 12 months, further non-compete provisions ...

Kiwisaver allows contributions to be diverted into mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2006
... Kiwisaver is a new 'opt-out' retirement savings scheme in New Zealand due to start in 2007. Employees, when they commence employment, will have eight weeks to elect to not contribute to the scheme, otherwise at least 4 per cent of their gross salary ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
... The July data was an 11.2 per cent fall from the previous month. The index which is seen as a leading indicator for employment growth six to nine months ahead is derived from newspaper advertisements for skilled workers. In trend terms the index is now ...

Finance is a good career move

... of Australia's assistant governor in financial markets, Ric Battellino, at a banking forum yesterday. "In terms of employment, the financial services sector accounts for a smaller share of the total - 4 per cent - which makes it the eleventh biggest ...