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Australian Unity Bank hires sporting legend

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... Private. He most recently managed the national call centre. Prior to his career in banking, Perkins is best-known for winning Olympic gold medals in swimming. He received the Medal of the Order of Australia and was the 1992 Young Australian of the Year. ...

Chief economist update: Fourth wave threatens Olympics, growth outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
The way it's (not) going for Japan, recent upgrades to its 2021 economic growth made by the OECD and the International Monetary Fund might need to be toned down or even reversed to a downgrade at their next outing. The OECD's March 2021 "Interim ...

Hostplus called out on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... updating our members, and the broader community, on the outcome of this review in the near future." A Hostplus member and Olympic walker, Rhydian Cowley, is the voice of the campaign. "The climate crisis is having a devastating impact on sports people ...

Chief economist update: Coronaphobia sickens Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
Coronaphobia - the "irrational fear" of getting infected with the coronavirus. Numerous medical experts have offered calming and logical prognoses for the epidemic but these two words - irrational and fear - would be, in a manner of speaking, the death ...

Challenger recruits Generation Life co-chiefs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... for Generation Life for the first time during the period, while 791 submitted business (up 22.5% pcp). Former Australian Olympic swimmer Grant Hackett was announced as the duo's replacement, as he stepped down from his existing role as chief executive ...

Chief economist update: Japan fails to learn from history (yet again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana... and repeat the past, Japan did. Preliminary estimates show that the economy contracted by 1.6% in the last quarter of 2019 following a 0.1% growth (if you could call ...

FASEA extension passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... advisers to be able to attend and sit that exam, let alone pass it. This is monumental incompetence, incompetence on an Olympic scale," Jones said. "So, yes, we will support the legislation. But in doing so, we have to point out incompetence and mistake ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus threatens Tokyo Olympics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... point, it's anyone's guess. The longer the virus remains virulent, the stronger the likelihood that Japan's Olympic hopes will be dashed - the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is set to commence on July 24. A Bank of Japan (BOJ) study, titled Economic ...

Property manager appoints portfolio manager

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... infrastructure investment manager for AMP Capital's Australian aged care and healthcare assets. Owen-Jones is a former Olympic athlete, representing the country as a member of the Australian men's water polo team. The fund manager currently owns 48 healthcare ...

US private investment firm appoints first Aussie partner

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... Boston-based private investment firm has appointed its first Australian partner to lead its operations down under. Former Olympic diver Mike Murphy has been promoted to partner at Bain Capital, after five years with the firm. Prior to the promotion ...