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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 ...

Bad news sells

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
Don't bother reading today about what Wall Street did last night - it didn't. 'Twas another DD (dull day) folks. Nothing new -- just that what's now become a too familiar refrain of investors fearing slowing global growth counterbalanced by hope that ...

Dunn loses bonus shares

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... appropriate performance hurdles are met. Macquarie chief executive Nicholas Moore also recently missed out on $1 million worth of bonus shares because of the investment bank's performance over the past year.

KiwiSaver 5 years going strong

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... incentives to fund membership such as providing them with access to employer contributions of 2% plus a $1000 kick-start bonus. These incentives help explain why only 249,549 people had opted-out of the scheme by June 2012, equivalent to 14.2% of potential ...

StatewideSuper teams up with Health Partners

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
... launched in November 2011, supports SA business by enabling StatewideSuper's employer clients to offer monthly discounts and bonus deals to the Fund's members and employers, said StatewideSuper.

Liars' Club

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
"Honesty is such a lonely word. Everyone is so untrue." - Billy Joel, Honesty "There won't be a GST under the government I lead" promised Johnny Howard before being elected prime minister of Australia. "There won't be a carbon tax in a government I ...

UK launches bank probe amid Libor scandal

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a full parliamentary inquiry into the British banking sector in the wake of a rate fixing scandal that has already claimed the scalp of Barclays chairman Marcus Agius. A bipartisan committee will hear ...

Barclays fined $A451 million

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
UK bank Barclays will pay a record $A451 million in fines after it was found to have mislead authorities about the interest rate it was paying to borrow money from other banks. Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond said that in view of this, he and other ...