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US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025

... the moment. Chief among them is a steep decline in private equity distributions over the past few years, following post-pandemic interest rate increases. Distributions to investors from recent vintages of private venture capital funds are around one-fifth ...

Work from home saves employees $5308

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025

Australians who have worked from home since the COVID-19 pandemic have cut their commutes by around three hours a week, equivalent to a time saving worth an estimated $5308 a year based on average wages, new research by the Committee for Economic Development ...

The super fund scouring the dark web to protect members

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025

... chief information security officer Daminda Kumara told Financial Standard that the dark web data spike took off after the pandemic, likely due to greater technology reliance by organisations, which criminals were quick to exploit. While not a unique ...

ASIC tiptoes around private markets intervention

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025

... private markets regulation has been heightened with the drop in public listings over the last few years. Since the global pandemic, IPOs experienced a drastic net decline - the lowest in over a decade. In 2021, there were 210 new listings that excluded ...

Productivity problem a long-term trend: PC

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025

... challenge that requires dedicated attention from government and industry," PC deputy chair Alex Robson said. "The COVID pandemic was a massive global economic shock. The pandemic and the policy response to it drove a sharp rise - and then a crash - in ...

Underinvestment in Southeast Asia a 'big issue' for Australia

MATTHEW WAI | THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025

... operations to other parts of the world to mitigate risks and reliance on a singular market. Due to the impact of the pandemic, Southeast Asia has been a "large beneficiary" of the strategy. Moreover, Australia has underperformed in direct investment ...

Chalmers' warning on tariffs and trade wars

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025

... unveiling the Federal Budget tonight - highlighting the threat of a global trade war. "The 2020s have already seen a global pandemic, global inflation and the threat of a global trade war. The whole world has changed as a consequence," Chalmers said. ...

ETF market dips but bright spots emerge

MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025

... that, Pendal senior manager Samir Mehta remains bullish on the Chinese market, observing healthy developments since the pandemic. "Its (the Chinese market) returns on capital employed (ROCE) has risen from negative pre-pandemic levels to 9-11%. And if ...

AustralianSuper sued over death benefit delays

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025

... is the final service we provide them. During COVID, a sharp increase in member deaths and a significant impact of the pandemic on staffing numbers saw a backlog relating to the processing of death claims emerge," the spokesperson said. 'We recognised ...

War on inflation: Australia vs New Zealand

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025

... that inflation has cooled, HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham has examined which approach was better. "At the end of the pandemic, both Australia and New Zealand had similar-sized high inflation challenges. But the policy responses to these challenges ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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