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Chief economist update: A US dollar story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
... dollar." Never mind that it contracted what his Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin declared a day before at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Mnuchin said he welcomed a weaker US dollar because it would benefit the country's external ...

Responding to the revolution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
... lessons in history on how best to respond. Addressing the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds in Brisbane, World Economic Forum head of society and innovation Nicholas Davis said there is great fear around innovation and automation, but what institutions ...

Chief economist update: Red light on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... 2018-to-date decline to minus 3.2% -- on the back of US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's comments At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland that, "Obviously a weaker dollar is good for us as it relates to trade and opportunities." Obviously! ...

CBA advice compensation bill balloons

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... loss. Separately, CBA was named Australia's most sustainable business on the Global 100 Index at this year's World Economic Forum. The index considers how organisations balance social, environmental and governance performance while delivering superior ...

Big tech leads fintech optimism

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2017
... transformative role in financial services. The research culminated in an 197-page report released by the World Economic Forum and Deloitte, which said that fintechs have changed the basis of competition in financial services - but they have not yet changed ...

CBA receives top sustainability endorsement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
... Sustainability Index also ranked CBA as the sixth most sustainable company in the world, as announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. CBA was measured against a comprehensive range of sustainable business factors including how the ...

FSC slams insurance duty "boondoggle"

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... Andrew Bragg has urged the Council of Australian Governments to reduce or repeal inefficient taxes. Citing the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report (which singled out Australia's tax system as a drag on competition), Bragg suggested addressing ...

FEATURE: The infrastructure love story

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... delivering "what will be the world's largest privately funded runway development at Brisbane Airport." The World Economic Forum recently ranked the quality of Australia's infrastructure 20th out of 144 countries. Some of the poorest scores were for the ...

Deflation is the Darth Vader of the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... developments." This is the same day that former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers told his audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos 2015 that, "Deflation and secular stagnation are the threats of our time." And this quote published by The Associated ...

Speakers confirmed for Family Office Forum

STAFF REPORTER  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... (with a three-year spell in the Prime Minister's office in Paris). He headed the Global Risk Network at the World Economic Forum and organised Davos. Hong Kong-based Hendale Advisors chief investment officer Henry Lee will also provide an overview of ...