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Super funds overlook VC potential

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... companies will have the corollary effect of harming the future development of our economy and the provision of new employment opportunities," he said.

Lift in financial services jobs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... hiring activity in the September quarter. Overall, the job market rose by 15% mostly driven by the demand for casual employment, according to Sunsuper's latest job index. New South Wales recorded the highest demand for workers in permanent roles ...

Wages will not rise from SG cut: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... ISA said the delay could cost the average full-time worker in their 30s about $45,000 at retirement. ISA claimed many employment contracts were already locked in place when the SG freeze was announced, and most employers saw little need to renegotiate ...

Westpac extends chief executive's contract

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
The board of Westpac has amended chief executive Peter King's employment contract, removing the initial two-year term. King confirmed he has committed to a multi-year plan to turn the company around. His other contract terms remain unchanged. Chair ...

Chief economist update: Not out of the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... before the pandemic, erasing the gains made over the past two and half years (March 2018 quarter). And then there's employment...or the lack of it. Despite recent improvement, the economy still needs to generate even greater growth to get back the ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's victory

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
... households' pent-up demand and revive consumer spending that, in turn, lifts business revenues and profits and employment. This virtuous Victorian circle would have positive flow-on effects on the whole entire Australian nation - and just in time ...

Chief economist update: Good or bad news is good Wall Street news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
... indications are that the US economy is recovering. The Fed's October Beige Book report showed economic activity and employment continued to improve across all Districts and the outlook mostly optimistic. This followed reports that retail spending ...

Chief economist update: Lowe taking interest rates lower

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... 29,500 workers - 20,100 full-time and 9,400 part-time - lost their jobs over the month. Financial markets expected employment to decline by 35,000 in September and the unemployment rate to climb to 7.1% -- heading to the 7.25% forecasts in the 2020-21 ...

Chief economist update: Money buys happiness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... can flood the system with money - and business operations can resume - but if consumers aren't confident about employment, handouts and dole-outs and lower interest rates will only be saved as evidenced by the increase in the household savings ratio ...

Chief economist update: Budget me this Batman

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... settings as long as is required and will not increase the cash rate target until progress is being made towards full employment and it is confident that inflation will be sustainably within the 2-3% target band." Because of them, we could now "see the ...