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Chief economist update: Australia on top despite recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... coronavirus pandemic in much of the world. On March 23, the government imposed strict lockdown measures, giving "bobbies" power to fine people leaving their homes for "non-essential" reasons. These restrictions were then gradually eases in stages: May ...

Labor says yes, economists say no to SG rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... is "not a time to encourage saving" and that in the current circumstances we should be "far more worried about spending power today than in the golden years of present-day workers".

First Sentier takes stake in renewable energy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... FSI to the opportunity. Jim Pagano, chief executive of Terra-Gen, said: "California is undergoing a transformation of its power generation resources from a majority of natural gas plants to renewables and battery storage, driven by ambitious energy and ...

COVID-19 propels advisers, incumbents into the future

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
New global research reveals the COVID-19 pandemic has squeezed years of digital transformation into less than two months, but finds that partnerships, innovation and agility will be key for both advisers and institutions to survive and thrive going ...

Is your CEO smart or just lucky?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
New academic research says chief executives gain more power for strokes of luck, especially if the boards watching them have weak governance. University of North Carolina academic Turk Al-Sabah probed the question in recently published his research ...

Australian Ethical benefits from seismic cultural shift

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... them are share investments that produced 75% less carbon than the benchmark and five times more investments in renewable power generation than the global share market. "This is on top of the market-leading returns we delivered for our customers this ...

Facebook, Google face crypto class action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... concerted practice that has the purpose and/or likely effect of substantially lessening competition and misuse of market power. While the law firm has filed against Facebook and Google, Twitter is also included in its proposed class action. JPB Liberty ...

Sam Henderson pleads guilty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
Former celebrity financial adviser Sam Henderson has plead guilty to three charges of dishonest conduct. Henderson plead guilty to one "rolled up" charge of dishonest conduct along with two counts of making a disclosure document available to a person ...

Roar Software bolsters team, partners with Milliman

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... to more robust modelling tools. "We are very pleased to partner with Roar Software, applying our actuarial expertise to power a new modelling application REACH, available on their Advice Marketplace Platform," he said. "This new tool is easy to use and ...

FS Power50: Vote now

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... Financial Standard received more than 170 nominations for the FS Power50 and the voting process has now launched. "The FS Power 50 is about uncovering the stories of successful financial advisers who are inspiring positive change within their spheres ...