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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 ...

Data dictates immediate BOE action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
No one expected the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to raise or lower the official cash rate from its current 1.5% when its board met on the 4 July, but only a few expected the Australian central bank to follow its bigger overseas peers into a more ...

Praemium chief executive takes back company

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... terms and conditions, currently subject to change, are: a base remuneration of $400,000 plus statutory superannuation; a bonus of 30% of base salary based on achievement of budgeted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation up to a ...

Major banks receive Budget shakeup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
The major banks will be slugged $6.2 billion via a new levy to level the playing field for the banking sector. "This represents a fair additional contribution from our major banks and will assist with budget repair by at least $1.5 billion per year," ...