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University of Melbourne launches investment funds

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... support to academics to translate their research into commercial outcomes which will create jobs and contribute to the economy, while actively improving people's lives, Maskell added. Victorian treasurer Tim Pallas said: "Victorian researchers and innovators ...

Mutual sector overcomes pandemic headwinds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
... of the pandemic; the sector's revenues grew a record 10% to $34.4 billion during 2020/2021. The latest National Mutual Economy Report released by the Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals also showed that Australia's top 100 member-owned businesses ...

Stagflation: What should we expect?

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... to need to make extraordinary amounts of investments over the next five-10 years, open this transition to a sustainable economy, but Western governments particularly are going to need to combat aging demographics, entitlement programs, and with the current ...

Carbon transition and MBFID: Is it possible to meet both?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... energy intensive process to convert hydrogen... There's pluses and minuses. It requires a lot of energy to have a hydrogen economy so you create a need for energy that you might not have otherwise, so it is a conundrum in terms of how you actually do ...

Colonial reveals Australia's huge untapped workforce

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... Australians aged 45-plus who may be rethinking how they want to live the second half of their life - but also for the broader economy as Australia battles acute workforce shortages." Moreover, "Continuing to participate meaningfully in the workforce ...

AXA IM revamps senior leadership team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... investment is a passion of mine and it will be central to long term performance as the world transitions to a low carbon economy." On his departure, Shaw said: "The strong culture and enduring relationships with our capital partners built over the last ...

A playbook for private markets

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
... that can actually invest in this decline substantially. "Private capital also focuses on the SME market segment of the economy, while listed companies tend to be far larger, so you're actually accessing different parts of the economy," Kerley said. ...

Fair Work Commission raises minimum wage 5.2%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
... decided to make will not have a significant adverse effect on 'the performance and competitiveness of the national economy" ACOSS acting chief executive Edwina MacDonald said it's a welcome change. "This approach recognises the particular challenges ...

The ongoing evolution of super: Scheerlinck

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... proud of the fact that we have the fifth largest pool of retirement savings in the world while having the 14 th largest economy," she said. "Through it all [the last three decades], profit to member funds have seen strong performance and long-term returns ...

OECD projects sharp growth deceleration

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
Russia's invasion of Ukraine immediately slowed the recovery from the Covid pandemic and set the global economy on a course of lower growth, the OECD said. The intergovernmental organisation's latest economic outlook said global growth would ...