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Macquarie backs medical drone testing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... demonstrate how drones improve access to medical supplies in rural areas. University of Strathclyde vice-chancellor Jim McDonald said the project aligns with the University's health technologies research cluster and its history of working with both industry ...

Dollarmites faces more backlash

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... savings accounts with a higher interest rate. Ratecity.com.au research director Sally Tindall likened the program to McDonald's coming into schools to teach children about healthy eating. "There are cash incentives for schools that sign students up ...

Fund managers' ESG beef

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
Fund managers with a focus on ESG must be wary of supply chains, especially where meat and dairy industry are involved, according to new data. The Coller FAIRR Protein Producer Index found that the world's largest meat, fish and dairy producers are ...

Aware Super shakes up SRI option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... members have told us that responsible investing is important to them," Aware Super head of responsible investments Liza McDonald said. "We have responded to this by providing members with updated SRI options that exclude fossil fuels and their supply ...

Crypto exchange owners charged

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... estimates BitMEX earned fees of over US$1 billion since it began operating. The CFTC's division of enforcement director James McDonald said: "Effective anti-money laundering procedures are among the fundamental requirements of intermediaries in the derivatives ...

Opposition in opposition: Labor responds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has unsurprisingly spoken out against the Morrison government's federal budget, saying it has failed to create much needed jobs. Taking to Twitter, Albanese said: "Being a leader means taking responsibility - in the ...

Super Recruiters announces chair

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
Wealth management recruitment firm Super Recruiters has appointed a former Rabobank executive as chair. Cathy Doyle has over 20 years' experience in human resources and was most recently group executive human resources at Rabobank for over three years. ...

MS sufferer fights CommInsure definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... was surprised to see that Asteron Life was the only life insurer Financial Standard found which made reference to the McDonald criteria in its definition of MS. The McDonald criteria is the most up to date criteria for the diagnosis of MS, revised as ...

Industry fund redeploys executives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... communications, and member engagement for the $1.6 billion fund. She has previously held senior marketing roles with McDonald's, Oporto and Wendy's. "Both moves were part of a broader structural realignment, following the development of the fund's new ...

Opportunities in fixed interest during crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
There is opportunity in fixed income, credit and major bank debt amid the COVID-19 crisis; you just have to look for it, according to Janus Henderson head of Australian fixed interest Jay Sivapalan. Despite the illiquidity of the bond market, Sivapalan ...