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Unemployment rate rises as gender wage gap narrows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
... Concurrently, the participation rate saw a slight decrease, moving from 66.8% to 66.7%. The ABS cited seasonal factors, such as school holidays and an unusual uptick in leave-takers this period, as potential causes for the unexpected dip. AMP chief economist ...

NGS Super expands leadership

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
NGS Super chief executive Natalie Previtera has expanded her leadership team by promoting three more executives to run strategy, investment operations and legal and governance. The promotions follow last week's appointments which saw chief strategy ...

Michele Bullock to be next RBA governor

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... business services, the currency, and the payments system. She holds a Masters of Science (Economics) degree from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) from the University of New England. "I very much congratulate Michele Bullock ...

Equipsuper adds board director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
The $30 billion superannuation fund which covers workers from engineering, manufacturing, healthcare and teaching, has appointed Julian Widdup to the board as a new member director. Widdup replaces Jan Dekker, who joined the board in 2016. For over ...

Anti-hawking laws could dampen super fund advice: Academic

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
... federal government's proposal to open advice to other channels. Anthony Asher, an associate professor at UNSW Business School, said it would be "overkill to apply it [anti-hawking legislation] to a superannuation fund of which one is a member and ...

Ignition Advice appoints Sally Loane as chair

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... with the FSC between 2014 and 2021, she has also worked as a non-executive director at SCEGGS primary and secondary girls' school in Darlinghurst and spent almost a decade with Coca-Cola in media and public affairs. Currently, Loane is chair of Destination ...

Inflation rises to 6.8%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
... for holiday travel and accommodation also rose by a strong 7.2%, reflecting domestic holiday demand during the Easter and school holiday period," he explained. Bloxham added the data suggests that high inflation is still broad-based and rates for financial ...

US debt ceiling agreement reached

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
... the United States House and Senate. "I strongly urge both chambers to pass that agreement," he concluded. UNSW Business School of Economics associate professor Mark Humphrey-Jenner told Financial Standard the decision is a step in the right direction. ...

Investors flock to conservative ETFs: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023
... got the capacity to invest at the moment," he said. "They might have paid off their mortgages already or their private school fees have all come to an end, whereas the younger families are the ones that are investing a bit less." The investment shifts ...

Adviser numbers drop, FAAA strengthens recruitment

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... makes in people's lives with the help of volunteers. "We want to make planners the heroes of this campaign, talking to school leavers, talking to career changers about why this is an incredibly rewarding profession to be part of," she said. The FAAA ...