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A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic could lead emerging markets to lose the last decade in progress, as the world sinks deeper into a global recession far worse than the Global Financial Crisis. That's according to State Street Global Advisors head of global ...

18 misconceptions about FASEA code

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... He added that the standards within the code do not exceed the ethical standards expected of professions such as law, medicine and accounting. Patterson's 18 misconceptions are: FASEA's guidance involves legislating beyond its authority: "FASEA are merely ...

Chief economist update: The fear of Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... indeed be severe. The government's leaked "Operation Yellowhammer" analysis talks of possible shortages of fresh food, medicine and petrol, disruption to ports and the risk of civil unrest, especially in Northern Ireland, where trade across the border ...

Chief economist update: The rate cut Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... our ability to fight back against a serious economic threat down the track." Nah Chris, administer a small dose of the medicine now so you don't have to roll out the defibrillator to get the patient's heart pumping again. A stitch in time saves ...

Three new faces join SuperFriend board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... has experience in academia, research management, innovation in health and disability services delivery and insurance medicine. Wallis also joins the board as an independent director. He founded an international not-for-profit mental health campaign to ...

Charity donates $10m to university

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... University vice chancellor professor Adam Shoemaker said the gift will be used to establish a national center for naturopathic medicine higher education, research and engagement. "We aim to establish an internationally-recognised centre of excellence ...

BlackRock appoints regional head

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... BlackRock in 2014 from McKinsey and Co. She was BlackRock's head of Americas corporate strategy. She has a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Monash University, and a Master of Philosophy in comparative social policy from Oxford ...

Royal Commission invite refused by Dover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... you to judge what a qualified financial planner's standard of care should be? Law degrees do not include training in medicine, architecture or financial planning." Costello asked: "If that criticism was good as against FOS in January 2016, it was good ...

Advice not yet a real profession: Kell

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... to standards, but we certainly don't have a professional association of the sort that you get in other sectors such as medicine," he added. Kell referred to financial advice as a "relatively new industry" that emerged in the 1980s. He noted that a key ...

Planners divided on mental health advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... Award nominee, Johns has completed a Master of Disability Policy and Practice from the Flinders University School of Medicine. He researched the specific issues people with mental health and disabilities face when dealing with Centrelink, superannuation ...