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ASX 100 chief executive bonuses hit record highs

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022
... from 31% to 76.7%, a new report from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors said. In the first year of the pandemic, Australian boards responded to market turmoil, and appropriately reduced chief executive pay outcomes. However, latest data ...

EG appoints joint managing directors in response to growth

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... always been a data-driven investment manager," Geha said. "Now that investors are looking for greater capital returns post-pandemic, the appetite for major investments in prop-tech such as data engines and visualization, digital twins and ESG platforms ...

Young Australians more 'super savvy': Equip

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
... of the surveyed young Australians (18-34 years old) saw super as being more important now than since the start of the pandemic. Evidently, Equipsuper data found that 46% of young respondents had made voluntary super contributions, many of whom started ...

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 ...

RBA raises interest rates again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... monetary support that was put in place to help insure the Australian economy against the worst possible effects of the pandemic." "The resilience of the economy and the higher inflation means that this extraordinary support is no longer needed." Consequently ...

Australian corporate debt dwindles: Janus Henderson

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... very near term is likely to remain strong with labour markets strengthening driven by pent-up economic activity from the pandemic period and deferred consumption." "That said, a pandemic downturn 'like no other', means that a recovery 'like no other' ...

Talent shortage impacts demand for regional advice practices

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
... Australia, many wanting sellers in the capital cities. They used to look at regional areas for acquisitions, but since the pandemic, it's almost impossible to employ staff to replace the business owner," Radar Results said. It went on to say that ...

Inflation a greater danger than recession: Powell

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... environment of low inflation. Lagarde stated: "I think there have been forces that have been unleashed as a result of the pandemic, a result of massive geopolitical shock that we're facing now that are going to change the landscape in which we operate ...

Mutual sector overcomes pandemic headwinds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
The top 100 co-operatives and mutuals have defied the economic impacts of the pandemic; the sector's revenues grew a record 10% to $34.4 billion during 2020/2021. The latest National Mutual Economy Report released by the Business Council of Co-operatives ...

Australian firms spend 3.6bn on financial crimes

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... compliance operations. Increasing anti-money laundering regulations, evolving criminal threats and ongoing impacts of the pandemic have increased financial crime compliance costs to an estimated $27.6 million, which has seen more firms invest in technology. ...