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Are Australia's wealthiest tight-fisted?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... top income earners gave a higher proportion of their income than people in lower income groups. When compared to other nations, Australia gives at a lower percentage of GDP (0.81%) than the United Kingdom (0.96%), Canada (1%), New Zealand (1.84%) and ...

Frontier opens Japan office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... and research analysis across Japan, the US and UK. Takayama will also be focused on driving opportunities in other Asian nations, including the Republic of Korea, Frontier said. "It's a great sign of confidence that someone of Alex's standing ...

Octopus launches renewable energy platform

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
... Desert Springs Octopus. Desert Springs Octopus brings renewable energy and other infrastructure opportunities to First Nations Australians across Australia. Hostplus chief executive David Elia said the superannuation fund is pleased to take part in the ...

Systemic disadvantages create retirement insecurity: HESTA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
HESTA has submitted that applying the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) principles in Australia would lead to greater certainty and returns for super members. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said as a super fund ...

Calls for Indigenous super beneficiary changes renewed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
... for Indigenous people. The working group's members include super bodies, super funds, and representation from the First Nations Foundations. This latest lobbying effort builds on previous attempts by AIST to urge the Treasury to consult directly with ...

Australian dividends shatter pre-pandemic records: Janus Henderson

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
... 2019. Australia was among just seven countries that had their dividend payouts surpass pre-pandemic highs out of the 50 nations tracked in the global dividend index. The dividend rebound was underpinned by an 81.7% higher payout than the equivalent period ...

Pain of commodity price increases to last: World Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... will weigh on food production and quality, affecting food availability, rural incomes, and the livelihoods of the poor." Nations should invest in targeted safety-net programs, the World Bank said, including school feeding programs, cash transfers and ...

'We're living in the world China is making': Conference

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... Coast, Grant alluded to the fact that we could already well be in a piecemeal World War Three. Grant pointed out states and nations, things often delineated as constants in a very innocuous world, have and continue to be in a constant state of flux. ...

Australians are crypto-curious but not committing

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
... Australia first started investing in crypto in 2021. While Australia's crypto adoption rate is similar to western nations like the US and the UK, the country lags in terms of adoption in comparison to other APAC countries surveyed, such as Singapore ...

Aussie government debt to double: Janus Henderson

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
... nation's debt has increased by 68%. That said, Australia remains one of the least indebted among major industrialised nations. However, debt interest costs will rise in the coming years and Australia will see its borrowing rise faster than the UK and ...