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Tech industry opens niche markets for advisers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... of survey engineers. Meanwhile, women are still heavily under-represented: females still comprise only 28% of all ICT workers in 2016 - with no improvement compared to 2015 figures. Randi Zuckerberg, author of 'Dot Complicated' and founder of Zuckerberg ...

No spend, no inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... the year to March. Gauging from the details of the April consumer confidence survey (43.2 from 43.9 in March), Japanese workers are not expecting growth in wages at least over the next six months - income growth expectations fell to a reading of 41.2 ...

Banks charging more for less in super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... shareholders and the general public." "The government and regulator need to find out if the bank-owned super funds are eroding workers' super savings by generating profits for the parent bank," Whiteley said. The report also noted that not-for-profit ...

A one-handed clap for ScoMo's Budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... for consumer sentiment and consumer spending. As the "permanent income hypothesis" states, consumer spending depends on workers' expectations of the permanency of their current and future incomes - full-timers' income are expected to be more "permanent" ...

Finance Sector Union appoints former NSW Premier

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
... banking roles - including most recent NSW Premier Mike Baird, who took on a position at NAB - saying he'd "rather look after workers than large companies." "In an environment with record low wage growth, and the export of Australian finance jobs offshore ...

ATO blamed for SG non-payment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... government to prioritise implementation to ensure appropriate consumer protections are in place. "Non-payment not only affects workers but also impacts on the competitive landscape of those businesses who are do the right thing. These recommendations ...

SG non-payment is an 'easy fix': ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
Industry Super Australia is anticipating an "easy fix" for workers losing up to $300 million in superannuation drawdowns annually ahead of Senate inquiry findings into unpaid superannuation due to be released today. ISA estimates unpaid super costs ...

Decidedly undecided

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... contrasts, Mademoiselle Le Pen "plans to cut legal immigration in France to 10,000 people a year, put a tax on foreign workers and bring back border controls that the EU eliminated. On the economy, she wants to take abandon the Euro, take control of ...

Desperately seeking workers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... reported difficulty finding not only highly skilled employees but low skilled ones as well and having problems retaining workers - could be a factor in preventing stronger expansion in the economy. Still, the Fed still has room to manoeuvre. This is ...

Employers urged to fund workers' financial advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... from employer-funded financial planners, says the 2016 Australia Employee Benefit Trends Study. More than half (55%) of workers said not having enough money to live comfortably in retirement is a top financial concern. Employees, particularly for those ...