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Bezos steps down at Amazon

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... is a deep responsibility, and it's consuming. When you have a responsibility like that, it's hard to put attention on anything else." He said he plans to focus on the Bezos Earth Fund, Blue Origin and The Washington Post among other passions. "I've never ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the vaccine, the variant

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... a question mark on whether or not a new vaccine would need to be developed against the new strain. But if we learned anything from 2020, it is that fiscal and monetary authorities would do whatever it takes to preserve our lives, livelihood and finances. ...

Industry fund called out over board diversity initiatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... membership. Rest group executive of risk and governance Gemma Kyle told Leigh the super fund is not proactively "doing anything specific" to ensure that the boards of the companies Rest invests in are more inclusive. She said most of Rest's advocacy ...

Funds' net-zero ambitions collide with Santos

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... Santos had been reduced. Aware confirmed these September figures are still the most up-to-date numbers and said that if anything, the holding in Santos was likely to have grown a little due to market movements. As at 30 June 2020 AustralianSuper, the ...

Dollarmites faces more backlash

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... to 0.75%. But Tindall warns that the highest interest rates don't necessarily have the best returns. "Kids' savers are anything but child's play. Many of them are littered with terms and conditions adults would have trouble keeping track of," she said. ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore to reduce Aussie deficit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... 2021-22." At current prices, it's looking a lot like Australia's budget deficit would be less than forecast. Still, anything could happen between now and the end of the June quarter 2021 but given China's strengthening economy, chances are ...

AustralianSuper net-zero promise flawed: MarketForces

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... commitments to divest from the most emissions-intensive companies, there is nothing to ensure AustralianSuper will do anything to reduce the climate impacts of its investment portfolio in the short-term," MarketForces said. "Further, the emissions intensity ...

Masters of Business and Empathy aims to improve on MBA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... world. "We saw a gap in the education system for training leaders in empathy and regenerative business and for us, if anything, this year has shown we cannot go back to business as usual and that now is the time for change," Small Giants Academy chief ...

Robo-advice a complement, not disruptor: Six Park

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... the Royal Commission. However, he said, these concerns are unfounded and ASIC is supportive of digital advice models. "Anything that helps professionals better manage clients is going to benefit both the client and the planner from an efficiency and ...

Stephen Jones admits to anti-life insurance bias

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... an innovative business model to capture. "Nobody likes paying legal fees or their accountant fees or tax agent fees or anything, but they do," Jones said. During Jones' speech, he said that Labor wants to see a financial advice sector that caters ...