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Gender wealth gap down to 11%: Roy Morgan

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... increased female participation in the workforce, which has gone from 56.4% in 2007 to 61.9% in 2019. The Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business estimates that growth in female employment is likely to continue outpacing that of male ...

Chief economist update: Race to the bottom redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... slowdown resulting from the on-going US-China trade war. While current labour market stats indicate continued strong employment growth, consumers would not want to borrow for fear of losing their jobs amid the current uncertain global environment, in ...

Financial services boom rolls on

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
... services hub remains in New South Wales (44%), followed by Victoria (29%), Queensland (13%) and Western Australia (7%). Employment in the sector continues to go from strength to strength. At the start of 2019, financial services employed about 450,000 ...

Super body opposes member interests bill

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
... claimed the proposed reforms would affect many women and their dependants, including those entering or re-entering employment having taken maternity leave to give birth. "Women in Super is strongly opposed to the bill," WIS said. The advocacy group labelled ...

Super fund to reduce admin costs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... said Tech Mahindra won the tender after an assessment of values, experience, alignment with LGIAsuper's vision and employment opportunities for staff impacted by the change. "Tech Mahindra has a large presence locally, with more than 180 staff employed ...

Chief economist update: A case for optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... their finances better than last year but their spending decisions are based on how they see their future finances, employment and economic conditions. The "Family finances next 12mths" sub-index plunged by 8.0% in the month of July. The "Unemployment ...

Chief economist update: Hard target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
With business conditions and confidence like it is, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)'s full employment target just got a little harder to meet. Recall that in his speech at the RBA board dinner with the business community on June 4 - the night ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs a cheaper A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... the July rate cut announcement (from US$0.6967 one day before the announcement). 'Twas only after the strong US employment report (that reduced Fed expectations for a 50 bps cut in July) that sent the A$ back down to US$0.6971. This has also reduced ...

Government extends early retirement scheme

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... service amount is $5,320. The taxable part of a genuine redundancy payment or early retirement scheme payment is an employment termination payment. However, that rate is effectively capped through tax offset up to a specified threshold. The amount of ...

Chief economist update: BOE flips tightening bias to easing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
The strong US non-farm payrolls report - employment grew by 224,000 in June, beating expectations for a 160,000 gain and a sharp rebound from the 72,000 added in the previous month - failed to remove or even reduce the odds for a Fed rate cut this month. ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN  |   12:33PM
Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA  |   11:56AM
Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:09AM
The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA  |   12:20PM
MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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