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Is it time to lean on the Future Fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... Bulk of people who lose their jobs are across retail, hospitality and accommodation and wouldn't be commonwealth employees," he said. "Even if you run that [debt] through Future Fund and don't have to issue as many bonds, you still have those ...

Count Financial adds tech integrations

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... of man-hours. Countplus chief executive and managing director Matthew Rowe said the move had helped the group's employees work from home during this unprecedented period. "We haven't experienced any downtime," he said. "Successfully being able ...

Extraordinary stimulus provides wage subsidy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... press conference today, Morrison announced a $1500 a fortnight "job keeper" payment designed to allow employers to keep employees on through the crisis. Companies will be paid the wage subsidy in what is an effort to keep employees linked to their employers. ...

Global hiring freeze for BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... management in December; it is not clear how much of that was wiped in the recent market selloff. BlackRock has 16,200 employees across 30 countries. A source told Reuters that the hiring freeze would likely last for a few weeks. A recent National Australia ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 eating into jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... trillion. "Highlights include: $250B in direct payments to Americans; $367B in small business loans that can be forgiven if employees are retained; a $500B loan and loan guarantee program for industries, cities and states that with help from Fed can ...

Industry funds face reality of COVID-19 shutdown

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... devastating time for the industry and the 63,000 people in NSW alone who rely on clubs for their living. "We expect many employees will be stood down for an extended period of time. Our thoughts are with them today," ClubsNSW said on March 23 following ...

US senators in alleged COVID-19 insider trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... maintains a Global Personal Trading Policy that prohibits insider trading and discretionary trading of stocks by its employees without the prior consent of the company." The Daily Beast said Loeffler and Sprecher made 29 transactions between January ...

CFA postpones exams

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... CFA exam, saying the decision was reached for the safety of the global community. CFA said the health and safety of employees, stakeholders and affiliates around the world is its top priority, as COVID-19 continues to spread around the world. "We seek ...

NYSE closes trading floor

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... we can re-open our trading floors to our members." NYSE chief operating officer Michael Blaugrund stressed that while employees had tested positive, it was not a cause for concern as all appropriate measures had been taken. "We have been informed that ...

JP Morgan commits $86m to COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... chair of the mid-Atlantic region, Peter Scher said. "We are mobilising the firm's resources to support customers, employees and communities-especially the most vulnerable-in this time of crisis," he said. "We are making immediate investments to help ...