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Could a four-day workweek save the day?

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... days, six days a week with essentially no holidays, and that has gradually been whittled down to the 38-hour week we see today," he explains. "Since then, there's been no change in last 40 years, but that's exceptional in the history of work ...

The unique experience of a single woman

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... probably didn't happen amongst previous generations." One topic of conversation that is particularly popular with women today is egg freezing. "There does seem to be quite a huge increase in people coming forward to inquire, discuss or consider egg ...

Super funds are lousy at communications: Strategist

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... more than around age, and that's what shapes their behaviour more." According to Ralph's research, within Australia today there are seven tribes: Inner City Progressives (18.3%), Activist Egalitarians (18.2%), Ambitious Savers (9.9%), Pissed ...

New EM fund for Maple-Brown Abbott

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... executive and managing director Sophia Rahmani said after the longest bear market since their inception, emerging markets today appear to be offering an abundance of compelling investment opportunities. "Company management teams and business models have ...

Super a big national advantage: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... government's three-part super agenda. "First of all, nailing down the objective of super," he said. "Many of you in the room today have discussed with me and with Stephen Jones, Anthony Albanese, Katie Gallagher, and others how we nail down this ...

UBS throws $4.8bn lifeline to Credit Suisse

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2023
... which is expected to create a business with more than US$5 trillion. "We welcome the announcements by the Swiss authorities today to support financial stability," they said. "The capital and liquidity positions of the US banking system are strong, and ...

Advice platform appoints new chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... been a huge pleasure and an honour to lead Practifi, from our very earliest ideas through to the amazing company we are today," Elliott said. "Now is the right time to welcome Adrian to the chief executive role to take us forward through the next exciting ...

Link Group agrees to sell BCM arm

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... position remains strong, and the sale proceeds will be used to pay down debt. "As part of our simplification strategy, we have today entered into a binding agreement to sell the BCM business," group chief executive and managing director Vivek Bhatia ...

Credit Suisse, oil prices see ASX fall: CommSec

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023
... shares down by 1.4%. But I want to make it clear, though, that it's not the only reason why the share market is down today." There's a bigger factor at play, he said. "Which is the fact that crude oil price fell by 5.2%, the US NYMEX or the West ...

No systemic risk with SVB, but issues remain: Experts

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
... bank deposits currently uninsured, he believes that the banking crisis is far from over. "All banks face interest rate risk today on some of their holdings because of the Fed's rate-hiking campaign," he explained in an article for The Conversation. ...