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UHNWs see net zero as business opportunity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
... address climate change. They also want to see action from government though, with 79% of the opinion that governments' pandemic stimulus packages should prioritise the transition to a low carbon economy and green investments. Currently, 80% of UHNWs ...

ASIC provides licensing update

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
... ASIC chief operating officer Warren Day said. "Importantly, the report acknowledges the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and our continued flexibility during these times." In addition to AFSL and ACL approvals, 391 AFS and ACL applications were ...

Recovery set to slow: OECD

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
Australia has bounced back from the economic grips of the pandemic and suffered mildly compared to other countries, but the recovery will soon slow, according to the OECD. The OECD's Economic Survey of Australia projected GDP growth of 4.0% in 2021 ...

Australia ranked seventh for retirement wellbeing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
... Australian investors being less likely to withdraw from their retirement savings than those in other countries during the pandemic. According to the Natixis sample group, only 5.5% reported making a withdrawal from their super - compared to 7% internationally ...

ATO will not pursue erroneous JobKeeper payments

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... subsidy introduced by the federal government for businesses that struggled financially at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. The Senate Economics Legislation Committee's Inquiry into the Coronavirus Economic Response Package Amendment (Ending ...

IFM Investors' Sydney Airport dream still alive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... per share, calling the offers "opportunistic" and accusing the consortium of undervaluing the airport considering the pandemic. "Sydney Airport is strongly positioned to deliver growth as vaccination rates increase and we move into a post pandemic recovery ...

Strong year for farmland assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
... widespread growth in Australian farm incomes to 30 June 2021," the farmland manager said. "...The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have so far been relatively benign for the sector. Isolated workforce shortages have led to increased labour costs and ...

ERS re-contributions won't be taxed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... who took advantage of the government's early release of superannuation (ERS) program, due to loss of income during the pandemic, can put the money back in their account without incurring a tax penalty. The Australian Taxation Office confirmed individuals ...

AMP tweaks executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... has played an important leadership role through challenging circumstances, supporting AMP's response to the global pandemic and resetting its cultural agenda," AMP said. Replacing her is current group director, people and culture Rebecca Nash. She ...

Cracking the data science code

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... enhance the exisiting process and another approach is dealing with new situations that are very difficult." The coronavirus pandemic is a good example. Hlavaty said machine learning has been able to build processes and models dynamically that rebalance ...