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Office workers burnt out: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
... including 1000 Australians. In Italy, 49% of office workers said they were suffering from burn out. This is followed by China (41%), Canada (40%), Spain (39%), the US (38%) and UK (37%). The relationship between working from home and burnout appears ...

MSCI reclassifies Pakistan to frontier market

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... accessibility, and size and liquidity. Pakistan was classified as an emerging market alongside other Asia countries of India, China, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and Philippines. Now it joins its Asian peers of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and ...

APAC pension funds fastest growing: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
... on total assets, asset allocation, and plan structure for occupational pension plans in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, South Korea ...

Economic recap: Week to September 3

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... recent months, faster than the country's overall steel export plunge, and the trend is set to further accelerate, as China takes more measures to cut output and restrict exports..." This is already impacting iron ore prices - Australia's biggest ...

Economic recap: Week to August 20

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... activity lead to weaker economic growth. Add to this, geopolitical concerns over the "fall of Afghanistan", slowing growth in China and regulatory crackdowns there, and the can't win thought of the Fed making a policy mistake - it leaves policy too ...

AMP flags recovery, profit jumps

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021
... profit after tax hit $181 million, buoyed by strong performances from AMP Bank and its stakes in Resolution Life and the China Pension Life Company. In the pre-Hayne Royal Commission days, AMP boasted a 2017 half-year NPAT of $533 million, while its ...

Fortius, PGIM make $214m property acquisition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021
... of lettable space spanning over 25 levels and is more than 93% occupied with tenants including Heritage Bank and Bank of China. Fortius chief executive Sam Sproats said his team considered the building a good opportunity in light of the pandemic. "As ...

BNP Paribas wins China custody agreement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
BNP Paribas will now be able to support institutional investors from Australia and elsewhere investing in China's equities and bonds markets, under a new custody agreement. BNP Paribas today announced it has been granted a licence to provide custody ...

Fund administrator hires from competitor

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... in 2019 and currently has 150 clients with $9 billion under management. It has clients in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China and Japan. It set its sights on Australia earlier this year, as it saw an opportunity in the market following consolidation ...

Economic recap: Week to July 9

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... in June from 55.3 in the previous month. Anxiety over "peak growth- peak inflation" were further stoke by developments in China. The State Council, chaired by Premier Li Keqiang, released a statement hinting at a reduction in the country's required ...