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Financial services job market hot: Hays

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... guide is based on a survey of 3500 organisations, representing over 8.8 million employees. It found that 67% of employers plan to increase salaries in their next review, up from 45% who did so in their last review. The legal sector topped the list of ...

Advice practices set to benefit from tax cuts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... outcomes of the economic environment caused by it," De Gori said. "This is a positive budget for the economy, with a focus on jobs, growth and supporting the disadvantaged. We will be working closely with members to ensure they understand the finer details ...

Personal, business tax cuts revealed

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... by around $4.5 billion in 2022/23 and will create an additional 20,000 jobs by the end of 2022/23. The Personal Income Tax Plan is still in the second stage, which was brought forward last year, and increased the low-income tax offset from $455 to $700 ...

Chief economist update: Not yet time to make a change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... "hard to get" declined from 18.5% to 13.2%". And there's US president Joe Biden's US$1.8 trillion American Families Plan and, although still in the works, his broader US$4 trillion plus (including US$2.25 trillion in infrastructure spending). ...

Hostplus, HNWs back CSIRO fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... companies including v2food, Myrotia, Coviu, Kasada, Gilmour Space, Q-CTRL and Baraja and raised $600 million and created over 500 jobs. Hostplus chief executive David Elia said the super fund is proud to participate as the companies and technologies ...

Afterpay reveals US plans, economic impact

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... billion to 38,000 small and medium-sized businesses. Additionally, $510 million of this went to regional businesses and 63,000 jobs were directly and indirectly supported by Afterpay. Most positively, Accenture found the use of Afterpay saved consumers ...

Chief economist update: Bubble, bubble getting out of trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... moment's notice - i.e. lockdowns re-imposed. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said it best: "People will need to plan for the possibility of travel being disrupted if there is an outbreak... We may have scenarios where travel will shut down ...

Chief economist update: Too much of a good thing could be a bad thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... 13.4 percent." You'll be happy too Virginia, when added to these is US President's US$1.9 trillion "American rescue Plan" that hands out a one-off payment of US$1,400 to most citizens and extends unemployment support, among others. This is expected ...

Chief economist update: OECD sees stronger growth ahead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... direct economic support from the federal government halved... Yet at the same time the economy grew by 3.1%, 320,000 new jobs were added and 2.1 million Australian workers graduated off JobKeeper." With world economic growth now expected to be stronger ...

Chief economist update: More manna from UK Treasury

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... year (17% of GDP) - the highest level since WWII - with another £234 billion (10.3% of GDP) forecast for 2022. But he has a plan. Sunak plans "future changes to strengthen public finances" - read, tax rises - the biggest since 1993 - that includes freezing ...