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Chief economist update: No pandemic on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... out" (FOMO). Fast forward to 2021. While it's encouraging that the rate of vaccinations have picked up as of late, Forbes magazine writes that "...at the current daily level of uptake it's going to take years to vaccinate the American people". ...

Chief economist update: Gold 2000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... so that even central banks are loading up (or plan to) on gold. After buying 650 metric tonnes of the metal last year, Forbes cites a World Gold Council survey indicating that: "Overall, three quarters of all the central banks that responded to the survey ...

Amazon launches climate VC fund

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... help the tech giant and other companies meet The Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net zero carbon by 2040. According to Forbes, Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos rakes in approximately US$1.5 billion every week. Annually, he personally ...

Darwinian time for super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... that over the medium to longer term, it expected "increased fund merger activity". Last week, QMV practice lead Anthony Forbes said COVID-19 will be the shove that forces some superannuation funds to merge, while others thought safe prior to the pandemic ...

More super funds will merge: QMV

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... others thought safe prior to the pandemic will also be left pondering consolidation. According to QMV practice lead Anthony Forbes, there are certain funds that are going to be hit hardest by the fallout of COVID-19. He identified them as funds that ...

HUB24 leans into innovation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... intelligence in some cases. With Apps' focus shifting to the innovation lab, Agility head of business development Robert Forbes will take leadership responsibility for the day to day operations of the HUB24 subsidiary. The group has also made a suite ...

JPMorgan Chase reports record profits

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... set an actual retirement date, we'll let you know." Dimon received a $US31 million pay packet for 2018 and according to Forbes, is currently worth US$1.7 billion.

Salaries of the rich and famous

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... in the business. That's a nice $610 million (£323 million) that Coates is taking home this financial year. According to Forbes, Coates is the 244th richest person in the world, with a net worth of $17.3 billion (US$11.9 billion). She co-founded the ...

Industry fund publicly shames investment adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... in the US. The company has also been lauded for its use of technology and robotics in its logistics business. Last year, Forbes published an article on XPO with the title 'Better than Amazon?' But, in October 2018 allegations of mistreatment ...

Chief economist update: Arrivederci Signor Draghi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... introduction of a two-tier system for reserve remuneration." Draghi was listed as the 8th most powerful person in the world by Forbes in 2014, ranked as the world's second greatest leader (behind Apple chief executive Tim Cook) by Fortune magazine ...