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ANZ wealth exit sees hundreds of jobs go

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
The Financial Services Union has lashed out at ANZ for plans to cut 230 jobs from its private bank and financial advice businesses. The FSU said that in a memo, ANZ told staff that it was committed to helping rebuild trust in the financial advice industry. ...

Challenger recruits Generation Life co-chiefs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... Generation Life's co-chiefs have landed a joint general manager role at Challenger, a month after resigning from their old jobs. Lucy Foster and Catherine van der Veen have been hired as Challenger's general manager for advice transformation ...

Evans Dixon slashes staff

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... shareholders on 14 April 2020. Late last year, Evans Dixon announced it had closed its Dixon Projects business in Australia, cut 100 jobs and scaled back its US-based funds management business in a bid to cut costs. David Evan's Evan & Partners merged ...

ISA takes swipe at Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... such as low income and casual workers - a group in which women are over-represented. It also affects workers in multiple jobs," ISA said. "To address this inequity, ISA proposes that the $450 minimum monthly pay threshold before super is paid should ...

Chief economist update: Aussie employment rises... but so does our unemployment rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) reported that the economy added 13,500 jobs in January - more than market expectations for an increase of 10,000 - with the creation of 46,200 full-time positions more than offsetting the termination of ...

HSBC to cut 35,000 jobs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
HSBC announced plans to cut around 35,000 jobs from its global business after posting a 33% drop in profits in 2019. The bank said it is also planning a complete restructure of the business as it reduces its global headcount to around 200,000 employees ...

Advisers choose remediation over advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
A recruiter has revealed advertisements for jobs in financial advice are only attracting between two and eight applications, while advice remediation jobs can see up to 300 applicants. Christopher Gordon is director at Profusion Group, a recruiter that ...

Industry butt heads over super guarantee

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... respect to the superannuation guarantee (SG) system," the Actuaries Institute said. "It provides people with different types of jobs than full-time positions. They may provide flexibility, etc. but may not always provide sufficient total income for their ...

Surplus may not be as advertised: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... employment has been going up," she said. "We know that's particularly true of young people who are working in those unskilled jobs where we have had a lot of extra supply." Rounding off her talk, Wood said she hopes to see climate change considered ...

Wealth manager makes senior appointment

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... three months after the heavily scrutinized firm announced it had closed its Dixon Projects business in Australia, cut 100 jobs and scaled back its US-based fund in a bid to cut costs. David Evan's Evan & Partners merged with Alan Dixon's Dixon Advisory ...