SP Movement & General IAM Chatter, page-12

Article about CBA job cuts

(how directly or not this relates to the financial planning aspect..well...choose your own adventure)

http://www.smh.com.au/business/bank...ob-cuts-as-inquiry-looms-20180211-h0vwb6.html

With some choice cuts;

"If you can be the most successful at bringing your staff numbers down the quickest, that's going to give you the quickest cost advantage," said one senior bank insider with direct knowledge of the cost-cutting strategy.

"Cost cuts are not limited to jobs, with banks preparing to make use of improved technology to reengineer back office functions, and reduce the number and physical size of their branches."

"This is just early stages for banks," Potter said. "There needs to be a massive reengineering of back-offices to cut costs."