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Aussies reevaluate retirement prospects

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... working Australians. "It has been a big wake up call for those Australians in their prime working age regarding their employment, savings, expenses, investments and super, and many have been forced to get a better grasp of their finances," Colonial First ...

UK pension fund to go net zero

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
The UK's National Employment Savings Trust, known as NEST, will immediately shift close to half of its entire portfolio to climate aware strategies and begin divesting from companies involved in thermal coal, oil sands and arctic drilling. NEST ...

Macquarie fired 32 people in "consequence management"

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... involved conduct or policy breaches that led to formal consequences. "Of these, 32 matters resulted in termination of employment. Formal warnings were issued in the remaining 132 matters and in 19 of these, the individual subsequently left the organisation," ...

Insurers COVID-19 response slammed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... said. He said it doesn't make sense for insurers to have this initiative in place, with the understanding that employment will be impacted by COVID-19, but not extend it beyond the life of the JobKeeper program. "JobKeeper is softening the claims ...

Financial services jobs show signs of recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... means the recovery in the labour market remains fragile," Parker said. "Opportunities for both permanent and contingent employment still remain well below pre-COVID peaks; however, the recovery over May and June has been somewhat stronger for contingent ...

Stimulus stutters amid record unemployment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... Statistics (ABS). There were 210,000 jobs gained in the period but these were mostly driven by an increase in part-time employment, with the number of full-time jobs declining. What pushed the unemployment rate higher despite 210,000 people gaining jobs ...

Chief economist update: Stop right now, thank you very much

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... the previous month - itself a positive indicator, as jobseekers re-enter the labour force amid optimism in finding employment. And why not? Total hours worked have increased, according to the ABS: "Total hours worked increased by over 64 million hours ...

Optimism, resilience high on the recruitment checklist

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Workers looking for new employment in the superannuation and investment industries need to display qualities of optimism, self-motivation, resilience and mental agility to nab a role during the COVID-19 crisis. That's according to specialist recruiter ...

Chief economist update: Flattening the rebound

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... industries and sharp rebounds in its components: trading (-7 in June from -19 in May); profitability (-8 from -19); employment (-11 from -31). Australian business confidence brighten much brighter, rising by 21 points to +1 index points - the third consecutive ...

Chief economist update: Not easy easing restrictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... resumption of economic activity: Many businesses are opening their doors, hiring is picking up, and spending is increasing. Employment moved higher, and consumer spending rebounded strongly in May. We have entered an important new phase and have done ...