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Now showing: Trump and Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... of, as many contestants evoke at the Miss Universe beauty pageant, "world peace". But good intentions don't get you a Nobel Prize (Trump) or alleviate your people's poverty (Kim). Both Trump and Kim would see the summit in terms of a winner and ...

Super scorecard to shift consumer playing field

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... Australia's plan to reorient its superannuation system towards an income goal will require a change in risk management. The Nobel Prize-winning economist envisages a retirement system which takes the weight of financial decision-making off the shoulders ...

Chief economist update: Italy and Spain an emerging ECB problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... cancelled the summit, he declared it back on again. Make what you will of it, but I think Trump has more to lose - like the Nobel Peace Prize and short-circuiting China's increasing global dominance - if the talks were not to proceed on June 12 in ...

Freedom Insurance sells stake in NobleOak

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
Life insurance distributor Freedom Insurance Group is selling a stake in its issuer NobleOak Life after finalising a $7 million sale of its non-core investment in the company. The original investment was made in conjunction with the arrangement for ...

AFA secures international icon for conference lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... October. The Boomtown Rats lead singer will discuss the extensive humanitarian work that has seen him twice nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize; inspiring advisers with of his own experiences with adaptability and change, reflecting the current challenges ...

Philanthropists contribute to Australian literature

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 8 NOV 2015
... recognition of her contribution to Australian literature. She will benefit from the proceeds of the Trust of Patrick White's 1973 Nobel Prize for Literature. The award was established 42 years ago by White himself in order to support Australian literature ...

Myonlineadvisers teams up with US robo firm

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... operating its portfolio management and crash testing engine since 2010. Among its clients it even lists the Stockholm-based Nobel Foundation, which it helps to model the risk the foundation employs to protect the endowment of Alfred Nobel, ensuring the ...

Round and round we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... well for consumer spending as full-timers have a greater sense of job security and income permanence. A theory developed by Nobel prize-winning economist Milton Friedman known as "Permanent Income Hypothesis". Similarly, while the unemployment rate ticked ...

FEATURE: Beyond Beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... methodology. Everything else about the term smart beta seems problematic. Stanford University professor Bill Sharpe, who won a Nobel Prize for defining the concepts of beta and alpha, famously said that the notion of smart beta makes him "definitionally ...

A fantabulous set of jobs numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... part-time jobs making up the difference. This plays very well in accord with the "permanent income hypothesis" formulated by Nobel-winning economist Milton Friedman. More full-time jobs brings about expectations of more permanent income that, in turn ...