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Property takes $237m hit

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... developed a COVID-19 Property Market Dashboard for Australia. City Analytics Lab director and chair of urban science Professor Chris Petit said the new dashboard would provide key property metrics to everyday Australians. "It is hoped the insights obtained ...

Never say never to RBA help: First State Super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... comments come as solutions to the super sector's alleged lack of liquidity make headlines. University of Melbourne professor and Super Consumers Australia director Kevin Davis recently suggested super funds should consider borrowing from the RBA ...

Chief economist update: Different contagion, same fiscal policy divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... regulations - and for good reason. Isolation and social distancing works and stops the spread of the bug because, to quote Professor Nigel McMillan -- an Infectious Diseases and Immunology expert at the Menzies Health Institute in Queensland - "Viruses ...

Pandemic response concerns overblown

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... big. And important. But they shouldn't scare you as much as they have." In a piece published on The Conversation, UNSW Professor of economics Richard Holden agreed with Richardson's sentiment, and said Australia needs to "start thinking about a national ...

The week that was

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... under financial stress amid the crisis. Calls for super release to borrow from RBA A University of Melbourne finance professor and Super Consumers Australia director has proposed an alternative solution to soften the blow of COVID-19, one reliant on ...

Calls for super release to borrow from RBA

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
A University of Melbourne finance professor and Super Consumer Australia director has proposed an alternative solution to soften the blow of COVID-19, one reliant on borrowing funds from the Reserve Bank of Australia rather than superannuation funds. ...

UNSW to ditch fossil fuels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... primary business is the ownership and exploitation of fossil fuels reserves by 2025. UNSW president and vice-chancellor, Professor Ian Jacobs, said the university's divestment of fossil fuel assets in its investment portfolio supports its net zero emissions ...

Retirement review goes off the rails

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... labelling the case for increasing the superannuation guarantee as "tenuous". University of New South Wales associate professor Anthony Asher says some submissions are missing the point of the review entirely. "I haven't looked at all of the submissions ...

Former SMSFA chair returns to role

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... issues facing our members," Bowerman said. "I also want to acknowledge the enormous contribution of my predecessor, Professor Ralston, in what was a challenging period for our Association, as well as the full support I received from the staff under the ...

Governance experts join boutique

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... we are pleased to welcome them both to our team." Drew and Walk are founders of Drew, Walk & Co consulting. Drew is a professor of finance at Griffith University and former managing partner of Stonechat Capital. Walk is adjunct professor at the University ...