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First virtual MAX Awards go live tonight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... the virtual ceremony from 6pm on the event page here. Financial Standard wishes all 2020 MAX Award finalists the best of luck!

ASIC mainly concerned with media releases: Lawyer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... in fact these solutions compound the problem. "They embed the very thing ASIC wants to eradicate: templated SOAs. And good luck reproducing a digital SOA to ASIC in response to a section 33 Notice! The industry has gone mad," he said.

Chief economist update: China's beef with Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
'The Lucky Country' it may be but the year 2020 is not turning out well for Australia. Less than five months into the year and it has gone from devastation wrought by the bushfires, the lockdown forced on society by the coronavirus and, just ...

Chief economist update: Annus horribilis with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
'Annus Horribilis' made the headlines in 1992 when Queen Elizabeth used this Latin phrase - which translates to 'horrible year' - in her speech at Guildhall to mark the 40th year anniversary accession. Her royal majesty was, of course ...

Now is the time to step up: FEW

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
At a time when most are concerned about making career moves, those on the path to leadership are being told now's the perfect time to put themselves out there. That's according to Financial Executive Women executive director Alex Tullio, saying there ...

Few redundancies but pay cuts abound: Recruiter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
The financial services industry in Australia is one of the lucky ones right now with businesses still operational but while firms seem keen to hang on to their people, pay cuts are commonplace. April insights from financial services recruiter Profusion ...

Chief economist update: Stimulus measures ease extreme fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
Tanking oil prices are the latest go-to excuse for the renewed downturn on Wall Street. But more than this, it's added to the challenges facing America's economy and its corporate sector. The US labour market has already deteriorated markedly ...

Millions jobless within weeks: Grattan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
New Grattan Institute analysis estimates up to 3.4 million Australians could soon be out of work. The think-tank's latest analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic predicts that between 14 and 26% of Australian workers could be out of a job within ...

The great fall of China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
Back in pre-coronavirus days, the thought that the Chinese economy would slow below the government's target of around 6.0% was enough to send chills down the spine of many investors and businesses. If memory serves me right, there were even forecasts ...

Chief economist update: Surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... Country' and dodged the fallout from COVID-19? That's the hope, the wish and the prayer. Unfortunately, this stroke of "luck" resulted from the labour force survey's timing - it was taken in the first two weeks of March which, according to ...