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FASEA blame game on in earnest

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Both the government and the opposition have been happy to blame one another for the Parliament's failure to pass the FASEA extension bill this week. Was the parliament's failure to pass the FASEA extension a cheap political stunt by the opposition ...

Performance analyst jobs hold steady in COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Performance analysts and more broadly, investment data professionals have been in strong demand throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Kaizen Recruitment. The role -- with responsibilities including calculating, attributing and benchmarking ...

Chief economist update: Pay cut or pay not?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... layoff' as being unemployed... Australia limits to four weeks the length of time that someone can be effectively attached to a job without pay, and still be classified as employed". The ABS estimates that Australia's unemployment rate would have ...

ESG investing to remain strong through pandemic

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... practices, meaning sustainability makes "good business sense". Wilson-Otto noted 40% of millennials in the US have chosen a job because of the employers' sustainability performance, as opposed to 17% of baby boomers, and added that COVID-19 had "put ...

Realigning remuneration expectations

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
Incentives could be 30-40% lower in 2020 owing to COVID-19 and underperforming investment products, according to a new compensation report covering asset management, insurance and sales. This year is "unusually important" for salaries as the trifecta ...

Road to recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
While it is clear it will take some time for the world to return to what it once was, the focus is now on recovery and what the post-pandemic world will look like. Kyle Loades, chair of the Australian Transformation and Turnaround Association (AusTTA) ...

Chief economist update: Powell blamed for fall on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... than any recession since World War II. We are seeing a severe decline in economic activity and in employment, and already the job gains of the past decade have been erased," he said. "The current downturn is unique in that it is attributable to the virus ...

Investors pile into companies on life support

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
News that the Australian economy may be opening sooner than previously thought saw the S&P/ASX 200 surge on Monday, with investors buying into heavily sold-off sectors. Today, markets have dropped on fears of a second wave, with news of fresh cases ...

Death of dividends greatly exaggerated: Epoch

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
... a portfolio of high quality global equities is a good place to go for income when the bond yields alone are not up for the job," he said. "In this new investing environment, investors would do well to focus some of their attention on companies outside ...

Trust in big four improves

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
Consumer trust in Australia's big four banks has made headways during the COVID-19 crisis, yet despite the improvement they still don't make the top 10. Surveying 1250 Australians in relation to 31 banks, the Australian Banking Brand and Trust index ...