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Australian billionaires double fortunes during pandemic: Oxfam

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
The wealth of Australia's 47 billionaires has doubled to $255 billion in the last two years, according to anti-poverty charity Oxfam. A briefing published today by Oxfam, Inequality Kills, has warned of the deadly nature of the world's growing ...

Economic recap: Week to October 22

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
It wasn't so long ago - before the COVID-19 pandemic struck to be precise - that every other central bank around the planet were hopin' and wishin' and prayin' for consumer price inflation to, at the very least, move higher to within ...

Chief economist update: Delta variant infects Australian economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... high business conditions and confidence and above-average consumer confidence readings point that Australia's good fortune will continue rolling. That was before the Delta variant broke out and now it's toilet paper that is, once again, rolling ...

Forex CT cops $20 million fine

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... was rung when clients would deposit a sum of money in their trading account and account managers would play "wheel of fortune" and dice games if client deposit targets were met. "The significant penalty handed down by the court reflects the seriousness ...

COVID support temporarily improves inequality

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
The equity gap between young and old Australians narrowed after a seven-year widening streak but the improved fortunes of the young may be short-lived, says the Actuaries Institute. Calling it "a year like no other", Actuaries Institute's Intergenerational ...

Bill and Melinda Gates to divorce

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
Bill and Melinda Gates have filed for divorce and will now set about dividing their US$130 billion fortune. A petition for dissolution of their marriage was filed by the couple in King County, Washington. They have been married since 1 January 1994. ...

Chief economist update: Strike while iron ore cools

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... "effective containment measures, a forceful public investment response, and central bank liquidity support. China's good fortune would have shone brighter for Australia - the world's largest iron ore exporter which accounts for around 50% of ...

Foreign exchange brokers banned

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... was rung when clients would deposit a sum of money in their trading account and account managers would play "wheel of fortune" and dice games if client deposit targets were met. The corporate regulator also banned Jarrod Popuard for six years and Benjamin ...

Chief economist update: OECD sees stronger growth ahead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... latest 'Economic Outlook' March 2021 quarter interim report provides an overview of how the world's economic fortune is changing... of the stronger. "Prospects have improved over recent months with signs of a rebound in goods trade and industrial ...

Bezos steps down at Amazon

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... into a multi-billion-dollar empire and has claimed the title of world's richest man. Bezos added $78.2 billion to his fortune last year. His successor Jassy has been with Amazon since 1997 and founded AWS in 2003. "Andy is well known inside the company ...