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O'Dwyer joins Barrenjoey

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... member for Higgins. In 2016 she was appointed as minister for revenue and financial services before moving to minister for jobs and industrial relations. O'Dwyer was also previously minister for women and minister for small business. Barrenjoey's general ...

Amundi revamps climate fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... Just Transition fund will ensure that employees that will be involved in industries that need restructuring can find new jobs and that consumer goods are accessible at low prices. In addition, the fund aims to ensure the costs and benefits of the transition ...

Chief economist update: Positive feedback loop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... non-farm payrolls in March. US employment surged by 916,000 during the month following an upwardly revised 468,000 addition in jobs in February. This is the largest addition to employment since August last year and is significantly higher than consensus ...

Chief economist update: Too much of a good thing could be a bad thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... levels - 3.5% in February 2020 and 4.4% in March 2020 - the Conference Board's survey shows increased optimism over the jobs outlook. "The proportion expecting more jobs in the months ahead increased from 27.4 percent to 36.1 percent, while those ...

Kelly O'Dwyer joins EQT board

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... Commission into financial services and banking held its hearings. Less than two years later in September 2018 she was moved to the jobs, industrial relations and women portfolios. She left politics in January 2019, citing personal reasons. Prior to her ...

Chief economist update: Powell said, Yellen said

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... government and cities and towns, and from individuals, communities, and the private sector. More people held on to their jobs, more businesses kept their doors open, and more incomes were saved." Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's testimony was equally ...

Brian Hartzer to release leadership book

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... the manager who was tasked with winding up that department, staff reported 100% satisfaction even though they knew their jobs were ending. Hartzer said this was because the manager regularly checked in with each employee, asking how their job hunt was ...

Chief economist update: What a difference an Australian year makes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... Minister's words: "In less than 12 months from when the recession began, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, there are now more jobs in the Australian economy than there were before the pandemic." True that. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

ASI restructures distribution team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... Business reported that Bird has implemented several cost-cutting measures since his appointment, including outsourcing 100 jobs, and refocusing the busines across four areas: global asset management, fund adviser platforms, strategic partnerships, and ...

Chief economist update: OECD sees stronger growth ahead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... direct economic support from the federal government halved... Yet at the same time the economy grew by 3.1%, 320,000 new jobs were added and 2.1 million Australian workers graduated off JobKeeper." With world economic growth now expected to be stronger ...