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Government funds ATO superannuation taskforce

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
A Superannuation Guarantee Taskforce is being established to crackdown on employers which fail to meet SG obligations and potentially short-change employees from their super. Federal Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O'Dwyer, said the ...

Industry stars recognised at 2017 MAX Awards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
A record number turned out for the 22nd annual Financial Standard Marketing, Advertising and Sales Excellence Awards last night, recognising Australia's leading individuals and organisations in the financial services industry. The MAX Awards recognised ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... Steven Daghlian said the local market was following Wall Street higher on Monday in the wake of figures which showed US employers added 204,000 jobs in October. "Around 80,000 more jobs were created than expected, which was particularly surprising given ...

Good not great but getting better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... Not only these, jobless claims came in better than expected and the ADP private payrolls showed that last month, US employers added the most workers since February. While bad news continues to hound Europe - the unemployment rate rose a fresh record ...

Plan B appoints new group executive, product and distribution

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
Boutique wealth management firm Plan B Group Holdings has appointed Paul Cramer as group executive, product and distribution, as part of its overall expansion strategy. Based in Perth, Cramer will lead the firm in wealth management (advice) product ...

Ready to turn on the tap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... 53.3 in the previous month. Consensus expected a gain to 53.5. The latest ADP private payrolls survey showed that US employers added 114,000 workers in July. But ADP reduced the previous month's stat by 12,000 to show only 145,00 private sector jobs ...

Cycling up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... bears would be claiming, "I told you so!" Pessimists would point you to the number on the report that shows that US employers added only 36,000 warm bodies in January -less than a quarter of the 145,000 heads that financial markets expected to be signed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
... dour report on job losses in the United States in June sent stocks sharply lower. The Labor Department reported that US employers shed 467,000 jobs in June, pushing the unemployment rate to a fresh 26-year high of 9.5 per cent. Analysts had expected ...

Pentafin recruits ex-Macq head

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
Financial solutions provider Pentafin has appointed the former director and head of sales and marketing at Macquarie Bank's consumer finance division to spearhead the group's ambitious expansion plans. Stephen Karrasch brings over 20 years experience ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
... Nasdaq Composite Index slid 48.62 points to 2,565.70. The decline followed US non-farm payrolls data, which showed US employers cut nearly 4,000 jobs in August. Financial markets had expected the non-farm payrolls report to show jobs growth of 110,000. ...