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Underemployment continues steep decline

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2022
... workers preferred to work full-time hours. Also, 44.4% of underemployed part-time workers spent a year or more working in a job with insufficient hours.

RBA spotlights inflation risk of higher wages

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
Minutes from the Reserve Bank of Australia's June board meeting revealed a risk of persistently high inflation as employees demanded a rise in wages to combat living costs. The minutes stipulated that should expectations of higher inflation become ...

University of Melbourne launches investment funds

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
The University of Melbourne has established two new major investment funds, in partnership with Breakthrough Victoria and Tanarra Capital. The $115 million investment funds are dedicated to supporting Melbourne's researchers to turn their discoveries ...

MLC Life chief executive to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
... Rodney Cook, who will retire at the end of the year. Cook has led the insurer for two years so far, having taken over the top job in June 2020 and guided it through COVID-19. During that time, MLC Life said Cook deliberately strengthened the leadership ...

Mason Stevens hires interim head of fixed income

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
... fixed income. "Joining Mason Stevens has reminded me that helping investors achieve their goals is a privilege, not just a job. A career in markets spanning five decades is only sustainable when the challenges remain fresh and the solutions draw on those ...

Allianz names new investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... a new investment chief to replace Anthony Michael who will quit the insurer in July after five years in the top investment job. Michael will be replaced by Matthieu Durin, who currently works at Allianz Investment Management SE as head of group asset ...

OECD projects sharp growth deceleration

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
... to Russia's unprovoked and unjustifiable war of aggression, which is causing lower real incomes, lower growth and fewer job opportunities worldwide." OECD chief economist Laurence Boone added: "The Outlook is sobering and the world is already paying ...

Hamish Douglass returns to Magellan

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
... as July 19. The current deputy chief investment officer of public markets at Future Fund wasn't due to take on the top job until August. "The board has received very positive feedback from clients and investment professionals globally following the ...

Banks flag imminent consecutive double rate rises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
... what's to come." "The RBA wants to get the inflation genie back in the bottle and it's prepared to do what it takes to get the job done, and quickly." Mutual Limited chief investment officer Scott Rundell said the RBA had whipped out the 1-wood with ...

Cbus, Hostplus take out customer satisfaction awards

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
Cbus and Hostplus have taken out titles at Roy Morgan's annual Customer Satisfaction Awards. Cbus was awarded the Industry Superannuation Fund of the year, while Hostplus won Major Superannuation Fund of the Year. This was the first time either super ...