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Consultum takes flight

... The MoneyWi$e service, consisting of 15 financial advisers across Australia, is one of travel company Flight Centre's key human resource initiatives. Set up more than 12 years ago, the program provides financial planning services to Flight Centre employees ...

Big brother in outsourcing: Unisys

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
... outsourced as companies and government agencies contract out their business functions, Unisys Security Index research found. IT, human resources, legal and call centre services are often contracted out by businesses and government agencies to be cost-effective. ...

St George chief moves to Westpac

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
... Kelly began her banking career in South Africa working at Nedcor Bank as general manager in a number of positions including human resources and personal banking. She later moved on to become Commonwealth Bank of Australia's general manager before advancing ...

Australia IT needs more R&D

... performed well in the majority of categories including overall business environment; information technology (IT) infrastructure; human capital; legal environment and support for IT industry development. However, there was a significant gap in the focus ...

St.George and HESTA champion flexible workplace

... leave, plus an Australian first, the new 12 months grandparental leave," said Brett Wright, St.George's group executive in human resources. This month, the bank also introduced a work option allowing employees who work with the company for four years ...

Local Super selects Vision for back office admin

... Super. Nic Szuster, chief executive of Local Super, said that the tender went out to both the previous provider, Mercer Human Resources Consulting and Vision Super. "While it's true that Vision Super is a super fund, it has a similar clientele to us ...

Ignore economics, investors are herders

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
Investment finance and economics are driven by very different principles and analysts and market watchers who think otherwise are making a huge mistake, according to a new study published in the Journal of Behavioral Finance. In particular, The Financial/Economic ...

Westpac adds to growing trophy cabinet

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
... on ten criteria including strategy, sustainability, ethical banking, sales, risk management, technology, distribution and human resources. The awards top off a long list of recent awards for Westpac, including World's Most Sustainable Bank, number one ...

Risk awareness up, costs down: Aon

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2007
... 290 businesses across Australia and New Zealand, identified systems risk, due to increasing reliance on technology, and human resources concerns as the other top risks nominated by executives this year. The industry's recent lightning pace continues ...

HESTA joins better research alliance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
... analysts and brokers for greater depth and breadth of research and the inclusion of factors such as corporate governance, human capital management and the environment in their investment metrics. The EAI consists of asset owners and managers collectively ...