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WFH arrangements need planning: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... wellbeing must be the first priorities as well as complying with relevant rules and regulations," she said. "But what the survey highlights is some of the gaps in expectations for what hybrid working models should look like over the long-term and, if ...

Lack of diversity major business risk: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... companies in the S&P 500 that do not disclose their racial and ethnic diversity statistic via a document called the EEO-1 Survey responses. "The bulk of the letter this year was around racial and ethnic diversity," Benjamin Colton, global co-head of ...

Chief economist update: Fed acts with inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... November). Two-month low. US growth momentum has slowed however, given the latest readings from the Markit Economics PMI survey, the economy is still expanding. This backs up the Fed's latest economic projections, where it upgraded its GDP growth ...

ASIC unveils school banking program review

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
School banking programs are marketed as a force for good in the community, targeting vulnerable customers in young children who don't end up improving their financial management behaviour, ASIC's two-year review found. After engaging nearly ...

QIC hires investment director

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... executive committee. QIC is the 235th largest asset manager in the world, according to a recent Willis Towers Watson joint survey based on 2019 assets.

Rest develops ethical option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
The $55 billion industry superannuation fund is surveying its members as it looks to launch an ethical investment option, following its recent legal stoush with a member over climate change. In the wake of its settlement with member Mark McVeigh, Rest ...

The real cost of a bad chief executive: AICD, ACSI

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
New research has revealed the true cost of a toxic chief executive to a company, indicating that poor culture from the top can permeate an entire organisation. The report, produced by the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and the Australian ...

Chief economist update: Confidence unlocks Australia's virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... points to a reading of +12 in November - double its long-run average of +6 and the best read since April 2018. The NAB survey also showed business conditions jumped to a 20-month high reading of +9, above the long-run average of +6. Improved consumer ...

University debt weighs on personal investing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
A quarter of the participants in a new survey said their HECS-HELP debt was standing in their way to start investing outside of superannuation. Futurity Investment Group surveyed 1000 Australians who went to university and found university debt impacted ...

Chief economist update: Greed is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... giving up on looking for work - the participation rate decreased to 61.5% from 61.7% in October. Moreover, the household survey showed that the number of people reporting they still have a job but not at work due to illness soared to 1.85 million, the ...