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Longstanding Mason Stevens MD exits

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... other opportunities earlier this month but remains a shareholder of the business. "After 11 years I thought it was time to figure out my next journey, but I am very proud of what we have built over the last 10 years," Bignill said. "It is a really unique ...

Jobs return to pre-pandemic levels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
Payroll jobs had recovered to pre-COVID levels by early December 2020, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ABS head of labour statistics Bjorn Jarvis said early to mid-December is a seasonal peak for jobs each ...

ETF industry approaches $100bn

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... represents by far and away the highest annual inflows on record, representing a 59% increase in flows from the previous year's figure," Israelstam, who also authored the report, said. "Our internal analysis also indicates that a higher proportion of ...

Key finance figures in Biden Cabinet

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
With only a matter of days until US President-elect Joe Biden takes office, there are a number of notable finance industry veterans nominated to help his administration lead the nation. The first, and most notable in the economics world is Janet Yellen ...

Chief economist update: Yuan the victim of China's success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
The Chinese yuan has seen a sharp appreciation, leading major Chinese news outlets to report that the government would be relaxing rules to make it simpler to settle the currency internationally. 'Twas less than one and a half years ago that the ...

Chief economist update: China on my mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
The All Ordinaries index finished 2020 with a gain of 0.7%. Nothing to write home to mother about, especially compared with the 16.3% and 16.0% surge in the S&P 500 and the Nikkei-225, respectively, over the same period. However, the local bourse's ...

Legacy pensions score win

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... that have been commuted and restarted on or after 1 July 2017. "We are concerned that the need to re-report a commutation figure using this new formula could give rise to excess pension balances with excess transfer balance earnings accruing from the ...

Australian banks among most fined

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... fake accounts. Australian banks came in second place, with just three fines managing to add up to US$981 million. That figure was mostly made up of Westpac's record $1.3 billion (US$910 million) fine, handed down after an AUSTRAC investigation found ...

Household wealth hits record high

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to household wealth hitting a record high as Australians stashed their cash during a year plagued with volatile markets and an economic shutdown. Total household wealth increased 1.7% to a record high of $11.35 trillion ...

ASIC unveils school banking program review

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... Bendigo Bank comes second place with 146 schools. In FY18, CBA paid schools $2.5 million to participate in its programs. This figure dropped to $2.1 million and $1.3 million in subsequent financial years. CBA executive general manager of customer service ...