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Special course to manage work conflict

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... launch this new course on the one-year anniversary of the 'working-from-home' phenomenon, which changed the world of work for good," SuperFriend head of consulting Pippa Rose said. "Workplace conflict is a common occurrence that can affect both individuals ...

Possible delay for SG rise: Hume

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... superannuation contribution than the average Australian woman," he said. "So, don't give me the 'stuff' that 9.5% is good enough for the woman who cleans my office and 15.5% essential for me. That won't rub."

Chief economist update: Fed fights back bond bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... billion ($2.36 billion) in three-year debt" last week in its efforts to get yields back down to its 0.10% target. These are good moves. For each and every other country central bank know what's at stake - a premature tightening of financial conditions ...

Australian equities funds downgraded

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... rating to silver due to reduced conviction in the portfolio management. "Overall, Pendal Smaller Companies continues to be a good place to invest, but our reduced conviction in the team sees it fall from our top billing," Morningstar said. Fidelity Australian ...

Chief economist update: The cloud over the rainbow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... bond markets' reaction - bond yields almost everywhere have been surging - the world economy appears to have too much of a good thing. That is, fiscal and monetary policy largesse have flooded the world economic system with mo' money that'll eventually ...

ACCC merger reforms may impact super industry

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... merger control regime remains fit for purpose and, in particular, whether it is achieving the balance required to ensure good outcomes for consumers and the economy," Sims said. "Increasingly the uncertainty inherent in the forward-looking merger test ...

Most ethical companies revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... began tracking the performance of these companies five years ago. "As evidenced by this continued outperformance, ethics is good for business," Erblich added. Financial Services companies to make the ethical list this year include Principal Financial ...

Chief economist update: Australia's virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... to 1.4% from 1.2% that was tempered by the slowdown in the growth in public sector wages to 1.6% from 1.8%. All well and good but as singer-songwriter Peter Sarstedt sang, "Where Do You Go to (My Lovely)"? What we discovered - after the recovery in wages ...

UK pension fund fossil fuel investments laid bare

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... with BP, Royal Dutch Shell and BHP accounting for 40% of all direct investments. "Declaring a climate emergency may garner good headlines but too often it seems to stop there. Councils can't make a bold claim about saving the planet while continuing ...

Chief economist update: The vaccine has landed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... 'Taking the Pulse' survey conducted on 1-6 February 2021). If the survey translates into actual take-up, it won't be good enough to generate herd immunity. That's when a sufficient number of the population is vaccinated that it prevents ...