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Dealer group GM exits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... Bridges tenure has been a mutually rewarding one. I have enjoyed playing a role growing our respective practices across the country, along with growing the customers within our alliance partners that sought advice," he said. He remains a firm believer ...

ERS disproportionately impacted women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... super early as part of the scheme. Industry super fund Rest, which has the most female members of any super fund in the country, found that for those who made withdrawals under the ERS program the gender gap in super balance increased. Women between ...

Chief economist update: OECD sees stronger growth ahead

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... better, the OECD's Australian growth upgrade comes at a time when the federal government had already started weaning the country off the coronavirus crutch it provided early last year. Waxing happy at the release of the December 2020 quarter National ...

Women don't own fair share of super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... hospitality and the public sector." For example, Rainmaker analysis of APRA data found that Rest is the most popular fund in the country for women - with over 1.1 million of its 1.8 million members being women. Out of those, 660,000 are under age 35. ...

New investment manager enters Aussie market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... of combined sales experience. Harrison said investors in Australia and New Zealand have previously been hesitant to in country specific strategies. "This has been in part due a perceived lack of return for the added risk and the monitoring costs. As ...

Celebrating women in financial services

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... held 34% of executive committee roles, according to the report - an increase of 10 percentage points from 2016. The only country with more women in leadership is Israel at 38%. This International Women's Day, Financial Standard recognises the Australian ...

US upbeat on stimulus, vaccination

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... Group economist Darrell Spence is optimistic that by September 2021, when most Americans receive their vaccinations, the country will emerge from the coronavirus-induced recession. In the meantime, however, the US$1.9 trillion stimulus plan proposed ...

Chief economist update: The great Australian rebound

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... revised 3.4% quarterly rate in the three months to September 2020 but all the same the first time in history that the country posted back-to-back quarters of 3%-plus expansion. In the words of Ol' Blue Eyes, Australia's now "A number one, top ...

Janus Henderson strengthens institutional team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... 2016. Prior to joining Janus Henderson, Kelly was a vice president at BlackRock. Kelly will report to Janus Henderson country head Matt Gaden and will focus on continuing to work closely with institutional clients to deliver increasingly tailored solutions ...

CPP Investments chief steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... executive of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) has exited the top job amid reports he left the country to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. CPP Investments announced that Mark Machin resigned shortly after he "decided to travel ...