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Gender balance is smart economics: CEW

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... to female earnings while raising workforce participation by women from the current 73% to 85% (on par with Sweden, the highest labour force participation rate in the world) could boost GDP by as much as $186 billion per year, based on PwC estimates. ...

Australian Unity kicks off capital raise

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... role as a leader in healthcare and social infrastructure investment. "Data shows that while Australians enjoy one of the highest life expectancies in the world, we are also living with increasing levels of chronic disease which is placing never-before-seen ...

Finance candidates lose salary bargaining power: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
... Pacific senior managing director David Jones said companies are now focussed on cost management and only those with the highest in-demand skills such as financial partnering, financial modelling, and big data analytics find themselves as the recipients ...

Dataset to ease policy planning for ageing population

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
... Rawnsley said the tendency to retire later in life is most evident in the Greater Sydney area, which is where some of the highest rates of delayed retirement since the start of the pandemic have been seen. This comes back to the fact that Greater Sydney ...

Adviser pay, incentives disparity revealed

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
... practices. A large firm pays $12,701 on average, while smaller firms pay $6608. Experienced advisers based in NSW received the highest bonuses of $13,836. Incentive pay for advisers based in Queensland ($10,781), Victoria ($10,667) was on par, while ...

ETFs start 2023 with a bang: BetaShares

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... of $7 billion, a decent result given the typically lighter January summer period." Fixed income strategy received the highest level of inflows at $233 million, followed by international equities ($169 million). Meanwhile, the usually popular Australian ...

Norwegian wealth fund reports -14.1% return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... established in 1996 to invest Norway's surplus revenues derived from the oil and gas sector. Last year saw the fund rake in its highest inflows on record at $148 billion before management costs. The fund has recently come under pressure to redirect some ...

Grollo Group buys Mt Hotham airport

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023
... Hotham airport in Northern Victoria for over $6 million. Constructed in 1999 at an elevation of 4300 feet, Mt Hotham is the highest commercial airport in Australia, located a short drive from both the Mt Hotham ski fields at nearby Dinner Plain alpine ...

Capital Group kicks off succession plan

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2023
... trading. Meanwhile, Romo will work to ensure that Capital Group's investment process, The Capital System, operates at its highest level. As chair of Capital Group, he will also partner with the other leaders in all aspects of its strategic goals, culture ...

Inflation beats forecasts, hits 7.8%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2023
The official Consumer Price Index jumped 1.9% in the December 2022 quarter, rising to the highest annual rate of inflation in over 30 years. The figures were released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today and mark the fourth consecutive ...