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Treasury consults on beneficial ownership disclosure reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
... and would be able to make freezing orders in relation to failures to comply with the new obligations. Journalists and academic would also be able to inspect tracing notice registers free of charge. Among other things, Treasury is consulting on what impact ...

Magellan warns of staggering sovereign debt

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2024
The unrelenting rise in sovereign debt could adversely impact investment markets, according to Magellan Financial Group, particularly as global public debt is expected to exceed US$100 trillion by the end of this year. Magellan warns that in many parts ...

Nobel laureates link economic prosperity to colonialism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
Three academics who were able to explain why some countries are richer than others have taken home the 2024 Nobel Prize for Economics. The award, named the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, was presented to Daron ...

Dimensional hires institutional sales lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... for our clients to invest. Dimensional provides clients with a systematic approach to investing, grounded in rigorous academic research and skillful implementation." Dimensional manages about $1.1 trillion - around $50 billion for Australian and New ...

Fed's Powell says 'time has come' to cut rates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has declared that inflation is on a sustainable path back to the 2% target and the "time has come" to start cutting interest rates. Powell spoke to global central bankers, policymakers, economists, and academics ...

Boutique ESG fund manager folds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
... for the incredible partnerships we have had with countless sustainability advocates in this network, from NGO's to academic bodies, to thought leaders and civil society leaders, from corporate sustainability teams to executive management and boards ...

Aussies' financial literacy declines, young people fare the worst

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
Despite many initiatives, financial literacy, capability, and wellbeing levels have dropped in Australia, according to research commissioned by Ecstra Foundation and conducted by SVA Consulting. The International approaches to progressing financial ...

Men, women in same occupation drive pay gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
... Institute compared men and women of similar age, their employment and marital status, whether they had children, and academic qualifications working in the same occupation. It found that women have an hourly wage that is 15% less than the amount men ...

Almost one third fail adviser exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
... demonstrate they satisfy the conditions of an approved degree or qualification. Individuals can now be done with one or more academic transcripts issued by the provider of an approved degree or qualification. It must demonstrate that the person has met ...

Legalsuper names chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... addition to their outstanding professional competencies, each of our new executive team members brings with them strong academic qualifications and personal values aligned with legalsuper's innovation and growth agenda as the only super fund specialising ...