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Frydenberg focusses on jobs, jobs, jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... billion and create 450,000 jobs for young people. It is a hiring credit to employers of $200 a week for each eligible employee hired between ages 16 and 29 and $100 a week for every worker between 30 and 35. To be eligible, the workers must have been ...

NAB recruits 500 in hiring spree

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
National Australia Bank has hired 500 new employees to its private and business banking division, in a bid to get the "engine room of the economy firing again". It comes following the recruitment of 52 people to support NAB's private bank and 400 recruits ...

FASEA releases more Code of Ethics guidance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... requirements of the Code of Ethics," the guide said. "Advisers will not breach Standard 3 merely by being a duly remunerated employee of an entity that lawfully provides retail financial advice and services, provided the provision of that advice and ...

Insurers prepare for tragic COVID-19 fall-out

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
Life insurer MetLife is preparing for an increase in mental health claims in the wake of COVID-19, with the insurer acknowledging the psychological toll of financial hardship. "There is a direct connection between financial wellbeing and mental health. ...

Investors take charge in C-suite equality

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
A $52 billion industry superannuation fund has launched an initiative to increase gender diversity in the executive teams of the ASX200 companies and already has the support of industry heavyweights. HESTA's 40:40 Vision campaign has launched with eight ...

LGS partners with SuperFriend

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
Local Government Super (LGS) has partnered with workplace mental health organisation SuperFriend, to provide support and tools to its staff, members, and their employers. SuperFriend will support employers and members with a range of online and facilitated ...

AMP flags redundancies

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
AMP has confirmed that redundancies are on the horizon as the group makes transformational changes to its business and culture. The firm is currently undertaking changes to its global workforce in a bid to centralise some business services. "Our focus ...

Media Super names new chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
Long-serving chair of Media Super Gerard Noonan is retiring at the end of the month as the $6 billion fund continues its due diligence in merger talks with $52 billion fellow industry fund Cbus. Susan Heaney is set to step into the role, with Media ...

Industry fund adds to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
A $12 billion Queensland industry fund has appointed a new director to its board, as an employee director leaves. LGIAsuper is adding Greg Hallam, who was the chief executive of the Local Government Association of Queensland for 26 years. His directorship ...

Manipulative trading at J.P. Morgan costs it over $1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
J.P. Morgan will be forced to cough up more than $1.3 billion (US$920 million) after entering into an agreement with the US Department of Justice, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The agreements ...