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Quality of Advice must consider digital: Ignition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
Ignition Advice senior adviser Andrew Baker has argued the government's Quality of Financial Advice Review must consider digital advice. In the terms of reference for the Quality of Advice Review, Treasury said it will "consider how the regulatory framework ...

Pensioners could solve skills shortage

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
Increasing the number of work hours without affecting Australians' Age Pension could be the solution to the current skills shortage crisis. This is according to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which is calling on the federal government ...

Digital advice firm hires for institutional strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
... with guidance in executing not only its business strategy in Asia Pacific but also its global pension fund strategy. Andrew Baker is currently a director of global advisory firm NMG Group and was previously a director at Five Forces Governance and Consulting. ...

ANZ adds former CFSGAM exec to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
... December 16 annual general meeting. She is currently a non-executive board director at BHP, Medibank Private, Stockland and The Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute. Her past non-executive board positions include CSL, Transurban and Energy Australia. During ...

Chief economist update: A delicate balancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... Rising oil prices make their investments more feasible and cost effective which, overall, increases the oil supply. The Baker and Hughes rotary oil rig count has reached a 13-month high of 359 rigs as at the end of May - up by 30.5% so far this year ...

Chief economist update: Tomorrow never dies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... while challenges remain, governments and central banks and health institutions are there to ensure that the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker, and those that invest in them, see a better tomorrow.

WTW commits to net zero

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, is a systemic and urgent global challenge," WTW global chief investment officer Craig Baker said. "We believe that working to achieve net zero by 2050 in our discretionary portfolios is completely consistent with the ...

New lead for Mercer Sentinel

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... diligence and custody consulting business. Tricia Nguyen took on the role of head of Mercer Sentinel in March, replacing Peter Baker who transitioned to working part-time as a partner. Nguyen joined Mercer in 2015 and has been leading the team in assessing ...

Chief economist update: OECD sees stronger growth ahead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... started in China turned into a pandemic of biblical proportions. You and I and Irene had nowhere to hide. The butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker were told to close shop. Planes, trains and automobiles (and ships) were grounded. And oh, don't ...

Chief economist update: Getting hot, hot, hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... prolific Permian Basin, US drilling and completion rates have risen steadily in recent months." As at 26 February 2021, the Baker and Hughes rotary oil rig count has reached a nine-month high of 309 rigs - up by 17.0% so far this year and by a whopping ...