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Chief economist update: What to expect when you're expecting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... the domestic economy. The earlier than expected flattening of the Covid-19 curve and the consequent gradual lifting of social interaction restrictions and lockdown measures are starting to have a positive impact on confidence. So much so, that on May ...

Impact offers opportunity during crisis: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
As COVID-19 exposes entrenched problems in society, the ability to scale social impact investments in Australia holds significant promise to drive progress towards solutions, a new report reveals. UTS associate professor Danielle Logue and Dr Gillian ...

Super release widens gender gap: AMP

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... majority of those on the frontline of the crisis are women, she said, with 70% female representation in the health and social sectors. "These are lower income occupations which are at the front of the fight against COVID-19," she said. Bourguignon noted ...

Let's not waste the crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... and the environment as they are for their financial performance," he told Financial Standard. "Those that ignore their social and governance responsibilities during these uncertain times may benefit in the short term - but at what long-term cost?" Possibly ...

SMSFs to weather the storm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... ride through it." The issue, Shorte said, is the potential for a second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak leading to further social distancing measures. "That's the biggest fear for most SMSF trustees," he said. "That would trigger losses in retirement savings ...

Collapse of REITs spells opportunity: SG Hiscock

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... through misbehaviour of gearing up, owning poor assets or embarking on other non-core activities - but through the impacts of social distancing. Now, REITs are on the frontline as the economy reopens, Berry said. "Capital markets are opening and functioning ...

COVID-19 poses unique human rights threats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... Zandbergen noted that authorities in the US, Iran and China have already attempted to control the information shared on social media by health professionals and journalists. "On the other hand we have seen a lot of misinformation being published, ranging ...

Expats sweat as main residence CGT cut-off looms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... would be hundreds of thousands of dollars - compared to it not being a taxable event at all." He argued COVID-19 related social distancing measures has put further pressure on sellers, as exemplified by the above. These include no longer being able to ...

Grow Super co-founder in alleged betting scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... businesses, one being StatEdge. Grow Super has not shared premises with StatEdge since May 2019," the spokesperson said. Social media accounts for StatEdge have been taken down, as have Facebook and Instagram accounts for Grow Super. Wilson has removed ...

Chief economist update: V could still become W

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... infecting and slaying citizens of planet Earth. Under house arrest and in solitary confinement - forced upon society by social distancing measures and lockdown restrictions - it seemed like eternity. Equity market investors were correct in divesting ...