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Future Group joins campaign to ban gambling ads

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
... and the Greens for a complete ban. Australians lose $25 billion each year to gambling, the highest per capita spend in the world, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found. "We've waited too long for governments to act, so now we're ...

ASFA pushes for tax redistribution to benefit low-income workers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... Jones told Financial Standard that the government is committed to delivering financial security in retirement through its "world leading" superannuation system. "Our focus is on legislating an objective of super, delivering pay day super, and super on ...

BlackRock names Asia Pacific operations chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024
... rethink their portfolios to generate returns. "We are uniquely positioned to accelerate our momentum in this part of the world, and I'm confident Tomoko will have tremendous positive impact on our long-term success." She also thanked Raby for his ...

Australia sees jump in zombie companies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024
A new study from global consulting firm Kearney revealed the number of zombie companies in Australia increased 13.6% in the past year. Zombie companies - those which don't produce enough profits to cover debt obligations - now account for 5.8% of ...

Insight Investment appoints distribution lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
Global asset manager Insight Investment has named a new distribution lead for its local operations. Amy Clements was promoted to head of distribution for Australia and New Zealand this month after spending more than five years as an investment specialist. ...

Chief financial officer roles 'widely ambiguous': Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
... organisation, is limited," Monash said. "As leadership teams focus on strategic and operational issues in a volatile and uncertain world, the chief financial officer is expected to play a value adding role, but research suggests that the chief financial ...

Super for housing will cause rents to soar: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... universality, and compulsion, she said. "Australia has built a transformative policy miracle in super. It is the envy of the world," Schubert said. "Both major parties of government have contributed to super's success - and both of them have a duty ...

UniSuper's environmental option returns -16%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2024
... secular growth themes the option is built upon remain solid. "In 2023, there was a 50% increase in renewable capacity in the world. There was a tripling of storage. The theme's intact. Most importantly, we're not having to pay as high a price ...

IPO conversations 'sparking interest': Barrenjoey

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
... interested in," Longo said. He added that ASIC can objectively say that Australia is "one of the cleanest markets in the world." "Investors can come to this country and be confident about the standards of transparency and efficiency around raising of ...

NZSF returns 17%, smashes benchmarks

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
... conventions New Zealand is a signatory to, as well as NZ law and Crown actions," Townsend said. "I'm conscious that the world is full of uncertainties and that the investment landscape is ever-changing. As the world gets more and more complicated ...