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Hostplus names deputy CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... researcher at ACIL Tasman. Industry insiders noted that Clerk is also ex-JANA, which means that Hostplus' two most senior people after Sicilia come from the asset consultant. Incidentally, before becoming the superannuation fund's chief investment ...

Australian Ethical 'cautious' on valuations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
Australian Ethical is betting on the tech sector - and primarily artificial intelligence (AI) - being major themes for investors in 2025. Australian Ethical said while technology and AI drove market performance to new highs in 2024, it is looking for ...

Aussie billionaires make $67k per hour: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... crushed by the enormous wealth of a tiny few," Morgain commented. Conversely, the World Bank calculates that the number of people living in poverty has barely changed since 1990. Another Oxfam poll of 2902 millionaires from around the world reveals that ...

SEC names acting chair, establishes crypto taskforce

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... staff since 2006," Uyeda said. "I have great respect for the knowledge, expertise, and experience of the agency and its people. The SEC has a vital mission-protecting investors, maintaining fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitating capital ...

$3m super tax will level playing field: Australia Institute

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... over $3 million is a much-needed reform to Australia's superannuation system, even though it will only affect 80,000 people. "This financial year the richest 10% will receive just over $20 billion in superannuation taxation concessions. This at a ...

Coalition members call for superannuation guarantee reform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... The Coalition's hypocrisy is unbelievable - they want to enjoy the benefits of super for themselves while robbing working people of it," he said. "The last time the Coalition were in power, they froze super and forced people to raid their super to get ...

Dimon 'cautiously pessimistic' on US economy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... Americans have. For example, ineffective government, they're angry about it. They're angry about immigration. There are people with legitimate issues." Dimon believes the current geopolitical environment is the "most complicated and risky geopolitical ...

Why more women aren't in financial services

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... besides money, is on the flexibility side of things," the spokesperson said. "The reality is, most companies still want people to work five days a week, whether it is from home or in the office. That is what it comes down to. "The frustration is that ...

Unemployment edges up despite jobs added

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage point to 4% in December. "With employment rising by 56,000 people and the number of unemployed increasing by 10,000 people, the unemployment rate rose to 4%," ABS head of labour statistics ...

Bitcoin now 7th largest global asset

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... adoption and "unprecedented" levels of institutional adoption. "The growth of Bitcoin has helped bring crypto to new groups of people across the world with more people expected to join this industry in the coming years," Binance Australia director of ...