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UK loses £800bn in assets amid Brexit fears

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... Based on the banks, wealth and asset managers and insurance companies tracked as at November 2018, EY estimates about 7000 jobs could relocate from London to Europe in the near future. About 2000 new European roles have been or will be hired locally. ...

Spriggy wins 2018 Best Fintech Startup Award: StartCon

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
... to a parent app, giving parents a complete view of their kids' expenditure. The app lets parents set pocket money and jobs, oversee savings goals, track spending and instantly transfer funds or alternatively, lock cards in an emergency. The idea ...

Government allows domestic violence victims early super access

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... to their superannuation. Delivering the Women's Economic Security Statement at the National Press Club today, Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations and Minister for Women, Kelly O'Dwyer announced a raft of changes set to extend compassionate access ...

Mental health at work still a stigma: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... months, according to mental health organisation SuperFriend. With one quarter of workers experiencing high levels of stress in jobs, employers need to do more to support mental health and wellbeing, SuperFriend's Indicators of a Thriving Workplace ...

Chief economist update: Americans who want work will find it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... 2018 from 182.3 in 2017. Recall back in Madam Yellen's days her words that it would take about a 100,000 increase in jobs monthly to absorb new entrants to the labour force. Needless to say, they have all been absorbed... and then some. The unemployment ...

Assistant Treasurer warns super funds to lift engagement game

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... 2009. Young super fund members aged between 18 and 25 typically default to new accounts as they move through various casual jobs. This lasts well into members' mid-40s, the Commission said in its May draft report. Robert said the ATO has stepped ...

Chief economist update: Shopaholics drive US growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... economy, lifting consumers' disposable income that is generating a virtuous cycle of optimism, even greater spending, jobs and growth. Speaking of optimism, the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index remains at its strongest level since ...

TAL slashes jobs, cuts outbound sales

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
At least 50 staff members at TAL have been made redundant as part of a wider move to scale back its direct life insurance business. TAL said an ongoing program of change has been underway for some time and has so far resulted in reduced staffing requirements ...

Chief economist update: Still the lucky country?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... expectations for an unchanged reading of 5.3% and the lowest rate since April 2012. In addition, the 14,700 loss in part-time jobs in September was more than offset by the 20,300 addition to full-time positions over the same month. As the 'permanent ...

Lost super sits at $17.5bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... spread across more than 6.2 million accounts. Whyte said people often lose contact with their super funds when they change jobs, move house or simply forget to update their details. "We know that more than a third of Australians still hold two or more ...