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Experienced executives chasing fintechs, start-ups

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
... with average salaries only growing in line with inflation, at best. "For most, however, the clouds had a silver lining: bonus payments remained pleasing, albeit not exceptional," he said. "The sub-$200,000 segment was again the most buoyant area of the ...

Indefensible bonuses cause for concern: ACSI

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... consensus that bonuses are only paid in the event of exceptional performance, about 90% of ASX100 chief executives received a bonus in FY16. While the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' annual survey of chief executive pay shows these bonuses ...

Wage freeze

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) 'Wage Price Index' report for the June quarter confirmed what we, Australians all, already know...wages growth remains sluggish. Even market consensus got it on point. Growth in total wages stood still at a ...

Glass ceiling stops at C-Suite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... think we need to flip that. I think we have to say to men, 'You earn $1.22 for every dollar a woman earns - you're getting a bonus just for having a Y-chromosome'. It becomes obvious that privilege is invisible to those who have it," he argued. Also ...

CBA chief executive will stand down

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... financial year was $5.5 million, down from $12.3 million last year. This figure is inclusive of the foregone short term bonus announced last week which could have been worth millions. "The FY17 short-term variable remuneration outcomes for all executives ...

Wages separate businesses from consumers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... Less household spending equals lower sales equals reduced profit equals lower share prices equal lower CEO remuneration/bonus. Not to mention, the reduced productivity due to lowered motivation of employees stuck with low pay and rising prices of basic ...

CBA senior executives forego bonuses

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
Commonwealth Bank chief executive officer Ian Narev and fellow group executives have been stripped of short-term bonuses ahead of tomorrow's financial results. The decision, made by the CBA board in a meeting yesterday, was reached following consideration ...

No follow through

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
Unlike the Bank of Canada (BOC) which he headed from 2008-2013, now Bank of England (BOE) governor Mark Carney didn't follow through on the remarks he made at the European Central Bank Forum in Portugal that, "Some removal of monetary stimulus is likely ...

Inflation matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
In his interview with 'The Independent' earlier this month, the Bank of England's (BOE) MPC external member Gertjan Vlieghe cautioned: "This is an environment where a premature hike would be a bigger mistake than one that turns out to be slightly late." ...

Industry fund offers retirement income bonus

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
... represents the highest incentive paid by any super fund, and means that a new retirement pension account of $500,000 could get a bonus of $3600. "We were able to uplift the balance of every existing retirement pension member by 0.5% by releasing some ...