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Industry funds adopt robo-advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2017
... the University of Wollongong will boost research in the fields of health, wealth and career, providing graduate and employment opportunities for student in the Illawarra region. Mercer Australia managing director and chief executive Ben Walsh said the ...

'tis the season to not be jolly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... that employers are only raising employees' pay more or less the maximum allowed in the wage indexation clauses in many employment contracts. As I ranted yesterday, this could be one of the reasons behind the jump in the NAB business conditions index ...

TRIS tops adviser query list

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... changed in this area from a legislative point of view, the APRA guidance paper certainly reinforces the rules around employment arrangements and conditions of release," BTFG technical consultant Tim Howard said. FS ADVICE: TRIS and the state of play ...

For Stanford Brown, life begins at 30

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... the past," Hoyle said. Finally, starting next year, the company intends to publicly report on the diversity of their employment, providing reports to their clients on how staff are represented across gender, ethnicity and age. "We have a huge commitment ...

More clarity needed on NAB redundancies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... workers which will assist those leaving the bank for up to six months after by helping them prepare and search for new employment. NAB, and the rest of the banking industry, has a long-term social responsibility to its workers particularly in times of ...

NAB to simplify operations via job cuts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... doing so, Thorburn announced a NAB initiative called 'The Bridge' to assist those made redundant in finding future employment. "As we go through that for people that will be leaving our company over the next few years, we do want to do that well and ...

Fed does the expected, will do as expected

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... idiosyncratic developments unrelated to broader economic conditions" that would eventually "fade away". "More broadly, with employment near assessments of its maximum sustainable level and the labor market continuing to strengthen, the Committee continues ...

Surefire Melbourne Cup bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... aren't ascending, you can bet with a 70% certainty that it's not 6%. The acceleration in the annual growth rate in employment offers good tidings - up 3.1% in the year to September - the fastest rate since September 2008 - from 2.7% in the previous month. ...

Forgery sees former NAB adviser sentenced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... said the wealth giant welcomes ASIC's investigation and the conviction. "In March 2013, NAB terminated Mr Thompson's employment after we discovered he had forged clients' signatures in an attempt to increase his own remuneration at the expense of the ...

Super guarantee must be 12pct: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... look forward to retiring with more superannuation than their mothers and grandmothers, the ongoing issue of broken employment patterns and a troubling persistent gender pay gap means we cannot afford to be complacent," he said. Women are still retiring ...