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FICAP is back on in 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
... differently this year based on our sponsors' feedback. It's been two years of not seeing people face to face due to Covid and charities have been doing it tough," she explained. "So, we've pulled together a slightly more intimate night of ...

No investment case for alternative meat just yet: Nanuk

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
... alternatives, but the investment case still isn't there. According to King, the trend of eating less meat accelerated during COVID, with new products piquing consumers' interest. However, he says this was temporary and there has been a slowdown in more ...

CFA exam results improve

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
... respectively - the lowest in CFA's 58-year history. At the time of the last results, the CFA Institute acknowledged the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on peoples' motivation and ability to maintain study momentum. Since 1963, the average pass rates ...

Is the wage price spiral narrative a lie?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
... Australian inflation or inflation around the world. Rather, the blame should be placed at the foot of the continuing impacts of COVID and a sharp increase in global energy prices associated with Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "While much is made of the ...

VFMC appoints head of investment risk, absolute returns

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022
... completion in 2024, the development is set to provide more than 2000 construction jobs, assisting the Victorian economy's COVID-19 recovery.

Young Australians more 'super savvy': Equip

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
... underemployment and lost working hours, remarkably 35% of young Australians reported having more disposable income post-COVID. The super fund correlated this increase in young people's disposable income to an investment uptake, highlighting that a third ...

Australian investor confidence plummets: CA ANZ

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
Investor confidence in local and international capital markets is lower than it was at the depth of the COVID pandemic according to a Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) survey. The CA ANZ survey said a combination of the pandemic ...

Knight Frank, SCA Property Group in strategic partnership

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
... neighbourhood and sub-regional centres have always been a core part of the community, this has only been strengthened during COVID as it was one of the only places people could visit and connect. Knight Frank notes that, against the backdrop of continued ...

Mutual sector overcomes pandemic headwinds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
... the heart of all co-ops and mutuals." "It is pleasing to see the sector rebound strongly despite the challenges posed by COVID-19 as well as recent climate related disasters such as bushfires and flooding." Morrison was also pleased about how co-operatives ...

MLC Life chief executive to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
... the year. Cook has led the insurer for two years so far, having taken over the top job in June 2020 and guided it through COVID-19. During that time, MLC Life said Cook deliberately strengthened the leadership team to ensure a natural successor was in ...