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Financial service execs earn big bucks

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
The financial services industry's top executives continue to be among the best paid professionals, according to the Australian Financial Review's latest executive salary report. Unsurprisingly, Big Four bank bosses feature prominently high up the list ...

FPA calls for greater scrutiny of fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
Fund managers must be held to account just like financial planners, says The Financial Planning Association's Dante De Gori. Research from State Street published yesterday showed that less than half of Australian's believed advisers acted in the best ...

Star alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... cut could mitigate - if not completely - reverse the upward pressure on the domestic currency. This will have the added bonus of boosting business confidence, especially those operating in exports and import-competing industries. Speaking of business ...

CEO bonuses tumbled in 2011

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... Investors' (ACSI) 11th annual research report on CEO pay in Australia's largest listed companies found that the average bonus in 2011 fell from $1.584 million in 2010 to $1.255 million while the median also declined from $1.122 million to $1.098 million. ...

Bendigo and Adelaide bank execs loose bonus

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
... down $41 278 on last financial year, however according to the bank's 2011 annual report, last year his $300 000 short term bonus was approved by the board.

Wilson HTM awarded damages

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
... commission statements for Advisers - in Wilson's Sydney and Brisbane offices - were given to Ord Minnett while a sign on bonus was also being discussed. In July Ord Minnett paid approximately $5.4 million in sign-on bonuses to five senior Wilson HTM ...

10,000 finance jobs slashed since GFC

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012
At a time when Australian banks can afford to provide the best working conditions in the world, workers in financial services are under more pressure than ever, said Leanne Shingles, a spokesperson for the Finance Sector Union. Despite working for one ...

Wilson staff shared information while sign on bonus was discussed

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... provided Ord Minnett with commission statements and contact details of advisers, at the same time he was negotiating a sign on bonus with the company. Wilson HTM has launched legal action against Ord Minnett in the NSW Supreme Court, accusing it of a ...

Wake up call for instos on staff retention

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012
... most popular choices. eFinancialCareers think these results follow a period of industry-wide instability, a relatively flat bonus season and continued global uncertainty in key financial markets. "This survey fires a large warning shot over the bows ...

Write-down clouds Bendigo's 43% profit tumble

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank will be running a tight ship, after announcing a 43% decline in full-year profit this morning. The bank said that its $195 million profit was affected by a $95 million write-off of goodwill in December 2011, after declines ...