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Bezos adds billions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... boost given to markets by unprecedented stimulus efforts by governments and central bankers around the world. Bloomberg said seven of the 10 richest people in the world owe their wealth to the technology sector, including Elon Musk, whose fortune has ...

Chief economist update: The next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... recession, and multinational financial framework (MFF) - the regular EU Budget - amounting to around €1.1 trillion over seven years. The size of the NGEU fund was huge, but not "historic" as some headlines put it. The European Central Bank's (ECB) ...

Stimulus, ERS pushes spending up 17%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... levels. The data covers July 6-12, including four days of the Melbourne lockdown and NSW border closure. By comparing now to seven weeks ago, when restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19 were in place all around the country, the impact of the easing ...

Chief economist update: Not easy easing restrictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... Conference Board and the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index have risen sequentially in May and June from the seven-year lows plumbed in April. But as Powell warned in his testimony: "While this bounceback in economic activity is welcome ...

Netwealth booms amid pandemic

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
Specialist wealth management platform Netwealth has seen its share price soar, after it reported a 35% increase in funds under administration for the financial year. Shares in Netwealth lifted nearly 16% during trade on Thursday to hit new all-time ...

LGS certified carbon neutral

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... publicly reporting on the results. The certification includes all LGS employees, the Sydney head office, and the fund's seven regional offices. Chief executive, Phil Stockwell, said: "Sustainability has always been a core value for LGS and becoming carbon ...

Cbus, Media Super start due diligence

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
The $54 billion Cbus Super and $6 billion Media Super have signed a memorandum of understanding and will commence due diligence. The two industry funds are aiming for the joint agreement to be in operation in 2021, conditional on due diligence to establish ...

AMP closes ethical option to super members

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... on a one-year basis. It underperformed its objectives on all of these time frames, and was also below its five-year and seven-year objectives. "The first quarter for 2020 was challenging for fund performance given significant falls in listed markets," ...

New private debt fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... compared to equities." It had about 150 individual investments as at July 1. The boutique manages over $5 billion across seven unlisted strategies and two ASX-listed funds.

Former BMO head joins big four executive line-up

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... London. He currently is also the chair of Canadian payment solutions provider Moneris, a role which he has held for over seven years.