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COVID-19 recovery plans must heed climate science

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... sectors of the economy, putting additional funding into renewable energy technology or re-shaping our grid." She said, to accelerate this transition, the government should establish a national climate and energy policy framework, introduce stronger market ...

COVID-19 ushers in the future of work

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... quite comfortably ensconced in our own houses, working away, for $600 billion and 6.5 million members, crises tend to accelerate trends that are already underway," he said. "So perhaps the real estate assets I'm most interested in looking again at ...

Road to recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... that they did. "With these global changes, there has never been a better time for business leaders to continue and accelerate the transformation that they have already begun." Loades said that going forward, the Australian economy is likely to be a "three ...

Chief economist update: Easing does it (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
Easing of central bank monetary policy settings helped equity markets rebound and economies to recover from the "Great Recession" wrought by the Global Financial Crisis of 2009. Easing - this time, of social distancing and lockdown restrictions (implemented ...

Advice, but not as you know it

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... advice industry will likely see an acceleration of existing trends as an effect of COVID-19. "It could, for example, accelerate the trend towards the adoption of managed account strategies within the advice industry because of the ability to adjust client ...

Darwinian time for super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
With COVID-19 rapidly shifting the ground beneath them, only the fittest superannuation funds will survive, according to Hostplus' Paul Watson. Appearing as part of a virtual panel discussing mergers in super, Hostplus group executive member experience ...

Emerging markets weather varied COVID-19 storms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has not discriminated in its destruction of both developed and emerging economies, Janus Henderson has warned investors to prepare for a dispersion of outcomes in the post-pandemic world. The more advanced emerging economies ...

Frydenberg amends Corporations Act

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced changes to the Corporations Act, in a bid to relieve Australia's public companies from financial stress over the coming months. The changes, enacted from May 5, allow companies to hold virtual Annual General Meetings ...

HESTA announces three GM appointments

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... direct member acquisition "Callum brings a proven track record of digital innovation and execution that will help us to accelerate the ongoing development of our direct acquisition capability. This will underpin the continued strong growth of the fund ...

Adviser fears over ASIC relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... funds. Evalesco Financial Services director Marshall Brentnall says the initiative - taken as a measure designed to accelerate the issuance of information for clients - is "great", but won't help with the onboarding of new clients. "Let's say someone ...