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New investment vehicles need work: industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... the next decade, our GDP would grow by more than $4.2 billion, tax revenue would increase by $1.2 billion and nearly 10,000 jobs would be created.

Clinton or Trump or bust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... increased by a less than expected 161K in October, upward revisions in in August and September added a total of 44K more jobs in these two months... and the unemployment rate fell to 4.9% in October from 5.0% in September. And oh, average hourly earnings ...

Infrastructure critical for super returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... "As a consequence of their longer investment horizons, Industry super funds, will invest in improving assets, adding both jobs and economic growth and delivering steady returns to fund members." According to the report, industry super funds intend to ...

Impact investing delivers wide reaching returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
... and environment outcome areas, with more than 60,000 beneficiaries. Positive impacts include: 126 schools supported, 319 jobs created, 1072 people with disabilities supported, 669 mental health sessions delivered and 11501 MWh of renewable energy generated. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... market expectations for a 15,000 addition. Full-time employment dropped by a whopping 53,000 over the month while part-time jobs jumped by 43,200. Over the past 12 months to September, total employment rose by 163,130 (1.4%), accounted for entirely by ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... pick-up in July. US Labor Market Conditions Index The latest Labour Market Conditions Index (LMCI) reading confirms the slowing jobs growth indicated in the US non-farm payrolls report - employment grew by 156K in September, less than market expectations ...

ING investment in digital to see 5800 job cuts

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
ING Group has announced it will be cutting 5800 jobs in Europe as the bank seeks to reduce costs and invest further in its digital transformation. Speaking at the ING Group Investor Day in Amsterdam, chief executive Ralph Hamers announced an investment ...

No new monetary policy moves on horizon: AB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... savers to hold money on deposit. In theory, the liquidity would be diverted into the productive economy where it would create jobs, stimulate growth and (the central banks' ultimate goal) stoke inflation," said Taylor. Taylor said that instead of this ...

Banks commit to new adviser hiring standards

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... the banking industry has developed a protocol to make it easier to check how financial advisers have performed in previous jobs. "This will better identify financial advisers who have not met the industry's minimum legal and ethical standards, and help ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... outcomes. Total employment fell by 3,900 in August, disappointing market expectations for a 15,000 gain and down from the 25,300 jobs added in July. This is bad, or is it? The August fall was due entirely to the shedding of 15,400 part-time jobs over ...