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Showing 11 - 20 of 2008 results for "Jobs"

Risk, compliance staff in hot demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... under-resourced teams." Of note, the recruiter has witnessed a trend of senior staff experiencing burnout and opting to leave their jobs despite having no other role lined up. While the undersupply of talent might be aided by an increase in candidates ...

ANZ gets green light for Suncorp merger

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... communities, and the broader economy. "It's also a big win for Queensland with both Suncorp and ANZ announcing significant jobs and investment packages as part of the bank sale process," McLoughlin said. Suncorp Group chief executive Steve Johnston ...

Insignia Financial names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024
... famously made sweeping changes, restructuring the division, appointing a new leadership team and reportedly axing several jobs. Prior to joining AMP, Hartley served as chief executive of Sunsuper for five years. "Scott joins at a pivotal point in the ...

Gender pay gap reporting to be scrutinised

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... "an important social issue that demands attention beyond the simplistic suggestion that women should choose higher-paying jobs. Even if the adjusted pay gap were zero, and even if the gap was purely attributable to women's choices, the overall pay ...

Aware Super, ART hire member service heads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
The market was caught by surprise when two of Australia's top customer service executives changed jobs. Australian Retirement Trust head of member services Jessica Rix has landed at Aware Super in a similar role. Rix has spent two years at the country's ...

500 jobs to be axed at abrdn

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
abrdn will cut 10% of its workforce as part of a cost cutting exercise following significant outflows in the second half of 2023. The fund manager is targeting a cost reduction of $290 million (£150m) by the end of 2025 to restore its investments division ...

Interest rates on hold as RBA pauses

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... quite hard for them to be tangibly surprised to the upside relative to their own forecasts for underlying inflation or the jobs market," Bloxham said. "Our central case is that the cash rate will now be held steady at 4.35% for some time."

Caddick victims sue auditors in class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023
... class action led by victims of Melissa Caddick alleges that auditors of their self-managed superannuation funds failed their jobs to detect fraudulent activities. Twenty-four victims, together with the help of Melbourne-based law firm Mackay Chapman ...

Inflation data not encouraging: Powell

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
... Additionally, he said, exits are back to pre-pandemic levels, and the same is true of the wage premium earned by those who change jobs. "Surveys of workers and employers show a return to pre-pandemic levels of tightness, and indicators of wage growth ...

Startup success hinges on founder personality: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... venture capital. "The adventurousness and openness to experience of Melanie Perkins, the assertiveness and confidence of Steve Jobs, the exuberance and energy of Richard Branson, the calm under pressure Jeff Bezos, the discipline and focus of Mark Zuckerberg ...