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NAB merges three wealth units

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... in 2007. It has stakes in boutique firms Northward Capital and Pengana Capital. Clyne said he doesn't anticipate any job cuts at MLC.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
... $15.84 and ANZ was down 37 cents at $12.59. Ms Saly said there was speculation that Macquarie Group could be planning more job cuts. Shares in Macquarie Group were down seven cents at $17.33 at 1204 AEDT. Despite generally strong metals prices on the ...

Job cuts drive record advice requests

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
Mercer took a record 413,000 calls last year from super fund members seeking financial advice, with an 84 per cent jump in queries relating to redundancy payments. Mercer reported that calls to client helplines jumped dramatically in October, the month ...

Corporate super adjusts to crisis

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2009
... that there have been cases where they have adjusted some of the conditions for sub-plans where there have been massive job cuts. "So you're looking at how can the [former] member be best looked after. We have done that on a couple of funds. In the car ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... from the previous day's surge as jitters persisted over a global financial crisis which has sparked tens of thousands of job cuts this week. In London, the FTSE 100 index shed 14.6 points or 0.35 per cent to close at 4,194.41 points. FRANKFURT - The ...

Jobs safe in Australia: ING

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... local arm of the Dutch banking and insurance giant - including its investment management business - would be spared the job cuts. "We don't anticipate any major job changes. "We are actively managing the business in Australia, prudently managing the ...

Bad tidings we bring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... the job shedding - 1.9 million - occurred in the last four months of 2008 with December accounting for 524,000 of the job cuts. Needless to say, the US unemployment rate jumped to a 16-year high of 7.2 per cent. US consumer spending will continue to ...

Macq reduces headcount

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
... Macquarie Bank is the latest investment and banking firm to reduce headcount in the wake of the financial crisis with job cuts in its Melbourne and Sydney offices today. It is believed that more than 100 roles in Macquarie Capital were made redundant. ...

Planners spared AMP job cuts

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
AMP is axing 46 staff from its financial planning and advisory business - but the company confirms that its planners are safe and business operations will continue as normal. "There will be no impact on planner numbers," said an AMP spokeswoman. "We ...

Choice members up 25pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... Peter Philip, chief executive of InvestmentLink, the parent company of SuperChoice. The number will continue to rise as job cuts and people switching jobs also rise in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Philip said it is estimated that up ...