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Federal Reserve delivers 0.75bp rate rise

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... decision, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said: "From the standpoint of our congressional mandate to promote maximum employment and price stability, the current picture is plain to see: The labour market is extremely tight, and inflation is much ...

ANZ to purchase Suncorp Bank for $4.9bn

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
... a separate business for at least three years. For team members, it is business as usual with no planned changes to employment conditions and the acquisition will not result in any net job losses in Queensland for Suncorp Bank for at least three years ...

Rate rises more likely after unemployment plunge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
... labour statistics Bjorn Jarvis said the large fall in unemployment this month reflected more people than usual entering employment and lower numbers of employed people becoming unemployed. "Together these flows reflect an increasingly tight labour market ...

Hostplus links returns to active approach

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
Hostplus has advocated for the employment of active management strategies to navigate difficult global markets. On the back of announcing it had delivered a positive 1.57% return for its members in its Balanced (MySuper) option for the financial year ...

Inflation a greater danger than recession: Powell

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... Australia's remarkable resilience. "We were the first advanced economy to get back to previous levels of output and employment. The share of the population with a job in Australia is at a record high by a large margin and the current rate of saving out ...

MLC Life enhances income product range

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
... enhancements include the option for customers unemployed for more than 12 months to keep their cover regardless of employment status. Additionally, customers who hold their policy inside super can access a certificate of disability for unemployment at ...

RBA spotlights inflation risk of higher wages

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
... would become more difficult. It would also come at a higher cost in terms of lower levels of economic activity and employment. Though the board did add that raising the cash rate by 50 basis points at the next meeting could help mitigate this risk. "For ...

Colonial reveals Australia's huge untapped workforce

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... shows that people reach a crunch point as they approach the second half of their life where stresses about family, employment and financial security converge with negative feelings towards the traditional concept of retirement." "It is at this point ...

Stuart Robert named shadow financial services minister

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022
... financial services after previously undertaking the role for eight months in 2018 - 2019. Since Robert has served as employment minister and minister for education and youth. In a brief statement on Twitter, Robert said he is pleased with the appointment ...

What the election result means for ESG

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... 'teal' candidates, signals that governments will no longer only be held accountable by traditional metrics like growth, employment, and productivity, but also by progress against a wide range of ESG matters. Frontier believes the path taken to achieve ...

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Invesco said the new fund will give Australian investors access to a systematic global equity strategy with a 20-year track record.

FCA pursues Neil Woodford again

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