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Willis Towers Watson ushers in the future of work

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... to help companies rethink their workforce and create a sustainable operating model and cost structure at a time when the world of work has never been more uncertain," he said. The software will allow companies to analyse work at a task level, he said ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... reading of 27.98 on the day which is the lowest reading since 26 February this year (two weeks before the World Health Organisation declared COVID-19 a pandemic). Then again, in the current world of high volatility, one day's gain could be wiped ...

Chief economist update: Annus horribilis with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... Grexit and Brexit. Andrew Bailey, who succeeded Carney effective 16 March 2020 (three days after the World Health Organisation declared the coronavirus as a pandemic) is now looking at the mother of all recessions (depression?) at least in our lifetime ...

Frydenberg amends Corporations Act

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... platform, we can help thousands of organisations across Australia and New Zealand deliver virtual AGMs and, in a post-COVID-19 world, I expect a significant increase in the demand for this kind of service." Motto agreed, arguing the business community ...

Time to step up or face the music

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... kinds of major systemic challenges, because the cost of not tackling them is huge." For example, the World Health Organisation recently found that 7 million people prematurely die from air pollution each year, Glover said. "There are multiple challenges ...

Mutual fund assets lose $1.3 trillion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... 8.2% and the MSCI World Index Ex USA down 8.9%. Cerulli said this trend will likely continue, with the World Health Organisation declaring COVID-19 a pandemic and numerous countries around the world going into lockdown. "Moving into early March, equity ...

JP Morgan commits $86m to COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... public health and long-term economic challenges from the spreading COVID-19 pandemic. It comes as the World Health Organisation reports 786 new coronavirus-related deaths overnight, bringing the total death count to 7807. Currently, there are 191,127 ...

FASEA rethinks CPD, provides exam update

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... promised they'll receive an update if that changes. "As a pandemic has now been declared by the World Health Organisation, the Australian government may require large gatherings to be cancelled," FASEA said. "If this is the case and ACER is required ...

Major industry events cancelled amid pandemic

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... fundraiser FICAP. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has cancelled the annual CMSF after the World Health Organisation declared a pandemic. The conference was scheduled to run over three days in Adelaide from 18 March 2020 to 20 March ...

ScoMo launches $17b stimulus package

ALLY SELBY, ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... stimulus package, as it ramps up its efforts to dodge a coronavirus-sparked recession. It comes as the World Health Organisation regrades COVID-19 to a global pandemic, with 118,326 cases of the virus globally and 4292 deaths. The stimulus package will ...