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Jobs galore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... persons. "Full-time employment has now increased by around 271,000 persons since September 2016, and makes up the majority of the 335,000 person net increase in employment over the period. "Over the past year, trend employment increased by 2.8%, which ...

Beige Book report delivers known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... service positions. These shortages were also restraining business growth." "Despite widespread labor tightness, the majority of Districts reported only modest to moderate wage pressures." Although this month, the report added that "Growing use of sign-on ...

BNP Paribas shuts out non-renewable energy producers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... marketing or trading of oil and gas from shale and/or oil from tar sands or do business with companies that derive the majority of their revenue from these activities - unless they are actively pursuing a transition to a lower carbon economy. It is also ...

Go ahead BOE, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... "Having used up more spare capacity, having seen some evidence of building domestic pressures, the judgment of the majority of the committee is some raise in interest rates over the coming months may be appropriate." That "coming months" could turn out ...

Fee models an art, not a science

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... service agreements - as disclosed in your SoA; and the claims management service. Last month Zurich research showed the majority of risk advisers are still not prepared for impending changes to remuneration to be brought by the Life Insurance Framework ...

Soft skills the new pages in adviser playbook

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... trust within the wider Australian community. The theme of this year's conference is "adaptive change", meaning the majority of sessions on day one were focused on the future of the industry. Futurist Chris Riddell started the conference with his presentation ...

Super industry makes largest fee cuts since MySuper reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... fee revenue. Retail MySuper products have much lower fee structures than their choice counterparts, but because the majority of retail assets remain in non-MySuper or choice products, the retail sector in aggregate accounts for about 40% of assets and ...

FS Live Blog: 2017 AFA National Adviser Conference

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... celebrating 10 years-plus with the association. The theme of this year's conference is "adaptive change", meaning the majority of sessions on day one are focused on the future of the industry. Futurist Chris Riddell is starting the conference with his ...

DomaCom appoints new Responsible Entity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... property, particularly given the tax efficiencies of doing so," DomaCom chief executive Arthur Naoumidis said. "The vast majority of property investors use leverage to improve the growth returns from their investment and we expect this development will ...

Asset managers tested, remain optimistic: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
Following years of high profit margins and revenues rising parallel to AUM growth, majority of asset managers remain undeterred about the radical changes sweeping the industry, latest research shows. About 78% of global asset managers canvassed in State ...