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Aussie equities withstand test of time: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
... according to the latest Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns Yearbook. Published in collaboration with London Business School, the report covers all main asset categories in 35 countries. Most of these markets have 123 years of data to draw on. It ...

California to mandate personal finance studies

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2023
The US state is spending big on financial education and is close to mandating personal finance courses for high school students in a bid to combat financial illiteracy. Assembly Bill 984, introduced by assembly member Kevin McCarty on February 15, would ...

Amber Infrastructure buys up NZ assets

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
... II, NZ Schools III, Auckland prison and Student accommodation at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT). The three school portfolios totalling 11 schools from Auckland to Queenstown are public-private-partnerships (PPP) with the NZ Ministry of Education. ...

National gender pay gap stuck at 22.8%: Data

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
... already putting solutions in place that address challenges like workforce shortages by tailoring factory shifts around school pick-up and drop-off times or promoting and role-modelling - flexible hours or part-time work arrangements among managers and ...

RBA set to lift the cash rate again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... of 2023 we expect weak growth and a sharp fall in inflation to drive the start of rate cuts," he said. Sydney University school of economics associate professor Mark Melatos said: "Inflation is significantly above the RBA's target band and likely ...

Advising an ageing population

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... retirement. Speaking at the Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) Professionals Congress London Business School professor Andrew Scott explained why. Kicking things off, Scott said it can be hard to escape the notion that you're going ...

NGS Super chair to retire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
After a decade in the role, Dick Shearman is retiring as chair of NGS Super. Shearman joined the NGS board in 2012 as a member representative director and became chair that same year. At the time, it had $4.4 billion and has since grown to $13 billion ...

Super education is professional development: ART

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
... don't want to call [superannuation] an obligation, because the moment it is - it becomes a tick sheet," Brisbane Grammar School director of people and culture Esme Strydom said. "I want to look at everything for employees, what is it I can do to make ...

US recession probability reaches 75% - is Australia at risk?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
According to UNSW Business School associate professor Konark Saxena, the probability of a US recession is about 75%, possibly impacting several macroeconomic indicators. To bring down inflation, the US Federal Reserve must increase interest rates until ...

Chalmers delivers on childcare

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... they want," Chalmers said. "The reforms will also support children's learning and development and their readiness for school." The changes will cost about $4.7 billion in total. The ACCC will also conduct a 12-month inquiry into rising early childhood ...