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La Trobe University appoints lead for $200m campaign

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2023
... not-for-profit organisations across the arts, health and medical research, and higher education sectors. La Trobe vice-chancellor professor Dewar said Powell's appointment comes during a significant phase of the university's ambitious Make the Difference ...

Anti-hawking laws could dampen super fund advice: Academic

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
... financial advice amid the federal government's proposal to open advice to other channels. Anthony Asher, an associate professor at UNSW Business School, said it would be "overkill to apply it [anti-hawking legislation] to a superannuation fund of ...

Greg Combet steps down as IFM Investors, ISA chair

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
... the other members of the advisory board to be chaired by Combet. The members appointed to the Advisory board include professor emeritus Ross Garnaut, Powerlink Queensland chief executive Paul Simshauser, Australian Energy Regulator chief executive Anthea ...

US debt ceiling agreement reached

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
... Senate. "I strongly urge both chambers to pass that agreement," he concluded. UNSW Business School of Economics associate professor Mark Humphrey-Jenner told Financial Standard the decision is a step in the right direction. "One of the benefits of the ...

Could the anti-woke movement come to Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... Jens Peers, independent director and advisory board member Fiona Reynolds, RIAA executive manager Estelle Parker, and professor of political science and associate dean international at the University of Melbourne professor Timothy Lynch discussed the ...

Packer donates $7m to mental health research

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
... of people battling mental health issues both in Australia and around the world." UNSW president, vice-chancellor and professor Attila Brungs said the gift will support collaborative research and drive meaningful change in an increasingly vital field ...

SMSFs weather market storms: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... and methodology used by APRA to calculate returns for the APRA fund sector," he said. University of Adelaide research professor Ralf Zurbruegg said the results show that overall financial performance of the SMSF sector remains robust, weathering the ...

Review calls for Reserve Bank overhaul

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
... to veto any RBA decisions on monetary policy. The review was conducted and authored by Australian National University professor Renee Fry-McKibbin, former senior Treasury official Gordon de Brouwer and Canadian central banker Carolyn Wilkins. They have ...

Advice industry must change as population ages: Expert

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... need to pivot, the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds has heard. Professionals Congress London Business School professor Andrew Scott appeared via video explained the shift toward an "evergreen economy" away from a "silver economy" and the impact ...

Could a four-day workweek save the day?

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... proposed the Fair Work Commission should review the operation of the current 38-hour work week. University of Queensland professor John Quiggin says that the 38-hour work week has only been in place for the last 40 years, and a shift in practice can ...