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Treasury outlines plans to boost employment

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... Treasurer Jim Chalmers said. "We want to make sure the stepping stones are in place to enable more Australians to take up a job or work more hours." The paper also unveiled the government's plan to create a national skills passport to assist workers ...

Advisers boost client portfolios 5.9%

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023
... emotional expertise to provide a "priceless form of value to their clients". "As a result, technical skills only get part of the job done - the ability to engage with and gain the trust of a client is critical to a successful relationship and achieving ...

Bank of England holds rates at 5.25%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2023
... "further signs of a loosening in the labour market," although conditions remain tight by historical standards. The ratio of job vacancies to unemployment has been on a downward trend, reflecting a drop in available positions and an uptick in joblessness. ...

Trading platform pays $830k over suspicious trades

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023
... or experience to properly assess the alerts or those staff were not adequately supervised to ensure they were doing their job," ASIC said. "The MDP noted that analysis of high-risk alerts must begin on the relevant trade date and review of all alerts ...

OTPP, PGGM chief investment officers resign

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023
... capping 23 years with the organisation. Since 2000, Hindo held several senior roles with OTPP before being appointed to the top job in June 2018. OTPP chief executive Jo Taylor thanked Hindo for his contribution to the fund. "Through his leadership ...

Financial services marketing is broken: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023
... study shows that while most local financial services marketers believe compliance teams get in the way of them getting their job done, those same compliance specialists think marketers are just looking for someone else to blame when marketing materials ...

Prime Super acquires utilities provider

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
The $6.7 billion Prime Super has acquired a utilities provider in which Macquarie Group held a stake. Active Utilities provides electricity, gas, and water, as well as end-to-end billing and customer support services. It operates 75,000 utility meters ...

NGS Super to debut retirement income product

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
... have got an incredible responsibility to help their members," Previtera said. "From our perspective, we've done a great job as an industry building up big super balances. But we've got to do more to help people as they near retirement and enter ...

Funds SA selects new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
Seven months on from announcing Jo Townsend's intention to step down from the top job, Funds SA has appointed her successor. After eight years in the role, Townsend resigned in February and committed to staying on board until a replacement was recruited. ...

Platinum AM reports almost $1bn in outflows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
... declining from $17.8 billion at the end of July. It follows the resignation of Clifford last month, who remains in the top job on an interim basis while the fund manager hunts for his replacement. Meanwhile, two other listed fund managers have also provided ...