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Chief economist update: Australia's confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... and the strengthening domestic economy. The recovery will receive extra impetus if the latest confidence surveys are anything to go by. The NAB business survey showed that it's no worries for businesses (despite the government withdrawing its JobKeeker ...

DDO to simplify general, personal advice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... valuing a Statement of Advice and get a sense of trust from their advisers in other ways. "Consumers don't see it as being anything more than the fine print. They don't necessarily relate to huge amounts of documentation with trust - that's the misconception," ...

Chief economist update: Hot flashes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... disruptions and delays. Higher prices have ensued, with rates of both input cost and selling price inflation running far above anything previously seen in the survey's history." Eurozone business activity returned to expansion in March as indicated ...

Chief economist update: The US inflation dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
"Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. Moderation is for cowards." - Shane Patton Did current US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (under Biden's administration) just call former US Secretary Lawrence Summers (under Clinton's) a coward? I refer of ...

Lazard restructures Australian business

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... is undertaking a restructure of its Australian business. The reorganisation of the firm in Australia will not change anything for Lazard Asset Management. However, it is likely to result in a new and different Australian Financial Advisory business model ...

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. ...