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Economists react to latest RBA rate decision

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... Paul Bloxham stated that the decision was in line with expectations and that there are risks related to the weak productivity and strong unit labour cost growth. "The challenge here is that, while wages growth lifting to around its current rate would ...

AustralianSuper's move to boost productivity by up to 30%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... using it to free up our people to focus more on higher-value tasks. AustralianSuper has set a goal of increasing productivity by 5% across its organisation using AI within the next 12 months. While Backeberg admits the goal is conservative, he believes ...

Policymakers face significant challenge in regulating AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... believe AI will be the key driver of equity markets over the next decade, significantly impacting the labour market, productivity and sector concentration, as well as margins and free cash flow generation."

Government promises transparent financial services regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... years. We look forward to working with the government on the design to make sure that the regulatory grid delivers productivity, transparency, and accountability benefits," he said. Jones and Chalmers said that Treasury will continue to engage with financial ...

New campaign pushes for reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... economic consequences of menopause and perimenopause, including but not limited to, reduced workforce participation, productivity and retirement planning; the physical health impacts, including menopausal and perimenopausal symptoms, associated medical ...

Economists share their top left field ideas for 2024

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... the labour shortages and other economic factors, then I think this will be a very positive thing, particularly for productivity," Hogan said.

Challenger overhauls IT, awards mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2024
... innovative offering to market will be significantly improved. By leveraging automation, the program will also generate productivity gains and operating efficiencies," Challenger said. Also announcing its 2024 half-year results this morning, Challenger's ...

Colonial First State launches new offering to advisers

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
... access to peer benchmarking, insights and solutions from an industry-wide research study into practice management and productivity," he said. In partnership with CFS 10X, Elixir Consulting recently conducted a national research study to discover what's ...

RBA anticipated to delay interest rate cuts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... in December 2022. Bloxham further emphasised that a larger underlying issue is Australia's weak post-pandemic productivity, ranking poorly among developed nations. This has driven unit labor costs - wages adjusted for productivity - significantly ...

Netwealth records $78bn FUA, flags departure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... artificial intelligence, especially with the rise of generative AI, are being actively explored to improve efficiency, productivity, client engagement and service." It also said the new business pipeline remains strong on all fronts. However, the business ...