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Macquarie to cut jobs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... Reuters, the bank has around 700 cash equities employees, with a source telling them the group is expected to cut around 100 jobs in London and New York in favour of smaller teams that will support the core Asia Pacific business. Macquarie said the repositioning ...

Defined benefits robbed women: Kelty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... happened," Kelty said. "Are there imperfections for women? There are now. The thing about women is that they work more part-time jobs in many lower paid roles. So fix it up. Fix up that issue." Kelty indicated that part of the proposed solution for fixing ...

Chief economist update: Rate cuts coming, but not on race day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... head count increased from 34,700 to 37,900; and that all of September's gain was due to the addition of 26,200 full-time jobs (part-time employment fell by 11,400) which bodes well for future spending - as dictated by the "permanent income hypothesis". ...

RBA downplays likelihood of further rate cuts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... Bureau of Statistics reporting the unemployment rate fell to 5.2% in September. The Australian economy added around 14,700 new jobs for the month, with full-time employment rising by 26,200 jobs offsetting a fall in part time jobs of 11,400. The participation ...

Chief economist update: Negative bang for RBA, government's buck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019
... (as I feared). Include, too, my earlier rant that the Morrison government's tax rebates work only for those who have jobs and pay taxes. There was pessimism everywhere in the details of the survey, which shows: Family finances versus a year ago dropped ...

Industry embraces Mental Health Month

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... remind accountants of the importance of checking in with their mental health and wellbeing. "Most accountants enjoy their jobs, but sometimes their roles can be very stressful, and at times quite lonely. Accountants often work with people and businesses ...

Job cuts at RBC I&TS

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
RBC Investor & Treasury Services has cut an undisclosed number of jobs from its Australian offices, the company said. RBC I&TS declined to confirm the numbers, but they are understood to be less than 100 contractor roles. "This program was aimed at ...

Technology coming for advice jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
Rice Warner says technology is likely to forever alter how people expect to receive and pay for retirement advice. New insights from the research house suggest robo-advice is not the only channel through which the advice industry will be changed by ...

Cerberus affiliate buys Aussie SME lender

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... financing solutions and capitalise on growth opportunities," he said. "The acquisition means we have been able to save almost 50 jobs in our Australian office and we now look forward to beginning this new chapter for Axsesstoday and continuing to be ...

Chief economist update: This is a job for the RBA (and the Treasury)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... 66.2% in August. All good... except for the details. All of the gains in August's total employment were due to part-time jobs (up 50,200 over the month) which more than made up for the 15,500 full-time positions lost over the month. Long-time gentle ...