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Advised clients' major concerns in 2022

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
... Pratap added that this has made applying for life insurance more difficult because some insurers want clients showing no COVID-19 symptoms for 60 days or 90 days even before considering taking them on. Many advisers find clients are cashed-up more than ...

JLL chief executive to retire after 40 years

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
... appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM). Conry helped navigate the property industry through the challenges of COVID-19 in his role as national president of the Property Council of Australia from 2019-2021. He leaves JLL in a position of strength ...

Global dividend income growth to continue: Plato

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
... recorded dividend increases in recent quarters, our analysis shows overall dividend income in 2021 was still below the pre-COVID 2019 levels, so there is room for further growth in many parts of the global market." Pennell highlighted the significant ...

Tasmania leads economic recovery

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... performances of NSW and the ACT. "While both of these economies could scale the rankings again, new challenges are presented by COVID-19 restrictions and the resulting labour shortages - not just for NSW and the ACT, but for all economies. Meanwhile ...

Tight labour market not yet producing wage growth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... said. "Australia's low wages growth is not a new phenomenon. It has been a key feature of the RBA's research pre-COVID, and a central part of our commentary. The past decade or so has seen wages of 2% become the norm, structurally below the levels ...

Inflation to retreat in 2022: Fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... the need to support economies with a growing need to bring up the cost of money, which has been abnormally distorted by COVID-19," he said. "In short, this is the lift-off point for interest rates out of necessity, as letting inflation and speculation ...

Macquarie AM reveals outlook for 2022

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... performance of key asset classes in 2022. The report, titled Outlook 22, reflects on the significant changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, and explores the impacts that a changed macroeconomic regime may have on the global economy. Outlook ...

It will pay to keep employees happy: Fink

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
... stem staff turnover by listening to employees. In his annual letter to chief executives, Fink focussed on the impact of COVID-19 on workplace relationships between employers and employees. He said that the pandemic has deepened an erosion of trust in ...

Credit Suisse chair resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
Credit Suisse's chair has resigned less than a year into the role amid reports he breached several COVID-19 quarantine rules. The Swiss bank announced overnight that Axel P. Lehmann has taken over as chair effective immediately, following an investigation ...

Water, water everywhere but nothing to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
Another two covid years over, a new one's just begun. Although still not proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, since the first bat flapped its covid wings in Wuhan (China), it has gone through several mutations - most notably, Alpha, Delta and now Omicron ...