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State Street to track Bitcoin

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
The global investment giant State Street has launched a new Bitcoin Thematic Indicator to track the impact of Bitcoin on more traditional financial markets. The new State Street MediaStats Bitcoin Thematic Indicator series will quantify media coverage ...

Chief economist update: Not yet time to make a change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... in vaccinations. This is not lost on the Fed, saying: "Amid progress on vaccinations and strong policy support, indicators of economic activity and employment have strengthened. The sectors most adversely affected by the pandemic remain weak but have ...

Women hit hardest by pandemic

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... family caring responsibilities compared to 16% of men. Despite the findings, there was some good news from the 2020 Indicators of a Thriving Workplace, Gender Identity Spotlight report. More employers are implementing practical actions to better support ...

Still a way to go on mental health: SuperFriend

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... for mental health in the workplace, according to new research. Mental health organisation SuperFriend's research: Indicators of a Thriving Workplace shows the industry surged from sixth place in 2019 to secure the second-highest overall thriving workplace ...

Funding for housing to decrease

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... government referencing the Stage 4 lockdowns in Melbourne as a contributing factor. However, the government expects early indicators of demand for new housing construction and said after liaison with industry, the HomeBuilder scheme in conjunction with ...

Specialist advice businesses optimal: Barrett

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... 100% sure, but you have to be generally sure where you are going with your strategy." Barrett said one of the first indicators of a good advice business is the clientele. He said businesses with a more specialised clientele are more appealing. He warned ...

Chief economist update: China recovery would have been good for Oz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... business as (near) usual. Just in time for mid-summer, China's first out. The unfreezing of the economy has lifted indicators of economic activity. Let us count the ways: China's GDP expanded by 3.2% in the year to the June quarter following ...

Chief economist update: Not easy easing restrictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... This should stall the fledgling recovery at best... and it may already be underway. "Bloomberg highlighted five indicators of the recent slump: a decline in hours worked in Texas-Florida-Arizona; a leveling off in the percentage of Americans who are ...

Research firm bolsters executive leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... enable these IFAs and high net-worth investors to easily track, compare and analyse the performance and key risk indicators of each fund, or create model portfolios."

Mental health costs insurers $750m per year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... as life insurers are both experiencing an up-tick in the number of mental illness related claims." SuperFriends' Indicators of a Thriving Workplace Survey showed that one in two Australians have experienced, or are experiencing, a mental health condition. ...