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ANZ to cut 200 jobs

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
ANZ has announced that it will cut up to 200 jobs in its Australia division as a result of weaker than expected economic conditions. The cuts will largely come from the Melbourne office and will mainly consist of managerial and back office positions ...

Shorten attacks government's retro super changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... private sector, particularly big super funds, flowing into projects." Labor says there infrastructure projects would add 26,000 jobs. Labor is not supportive of budget measures that give the richest 3% of Australians another tax cut and reducing the ...

Fintechs to drive Australia's economy

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... billion. Forty companies are "gazelles" with valuations of more than $100 million," Heap said. "Importantly there're 5,400 jobs in the top 50 companies alone. That's 5,400 more than there was eight years ago. Every single one of those companies is growing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... points to a reading of 5 (the highest since mid-2011). Still, the official employment number showing a 26,100 increase in jobs last month beat consensus expectations for a 20,000 addition. Full time jobs declined by 8,800 over the month but these were ...

Cash top of mind for investors

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... goal of enjoying a comfortable life. Core investors and millennials also had a similar focus on retiring early to quit their jobs at 32% and 37% respectively.

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
Quantitative easing. Negative interest rates. Quantitative and Qualitative easing with a negative interest rate. All of the above plus promises of more. The European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) big bazookas proved no match for US ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... in February. Indications ahead of Friday night's US non-farm payrolls report are mixed with 25.4% of respondents reporting jobs "plentiful" in March (up from 22.8 in February) while those noting jobs were "hard to get" also increased - to 26.6% from ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... an April rate hike - prompted by St. Louis Fed president James Bullard's comments last week that, "You get another strong jobs report, it looks like labour markets are improving, you could probably make a case for moving in April." While higher than ...

Mercer expands financial advice business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... the fastest growing region in New South Wales and is undergoing significant investment. It is estimated around 50,000 new jobs will be created in Parramatta in the next 20 years, and by 2050, the region could house 70% of Sydney's population.

Competitiveness at risk from STEM fall-off

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... the diversity of thinking and approach that will be brought to bear," said James Mabbott Head of KPMG Innovate. Given that jobs of the future in all sectors particularly financial services will be shaped by innovation, disruption and technology the survey's ...