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No evidence lower SG will result in higher wages: ACTU summit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... increase on a pious hope that they may get a wage increase." Kelty said this is the time for the government to pull the country together and help support all workers not just now, but into retirement. "Workers are entitled to their benefits, especially ...

Remembering Susan Ryan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... Commissioner. In a tribute, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Ryan will be remembered as "someone who sought to make our country bigger and more open to every citizen" and for her abiding passion for opening doors for women in national life. AIST chief ...

AXA IM country head exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
AXA Investment Managers' country head for Australia and New Zealand is leaving after 16 years with the firm. Craig Hurt joined AXA IM's office in London in 2004 as a director of fixed income and liability-driven investments. Three years later, he was ...

Chief economist update: UK's winter of discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
"We had joy, we had fun We had seasons in the sun..." -Terry Jacks, 'Seasons in the Sun' The Brits certainly did. Just in time for summer, Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared on 30 April that the UK is "past its peak" of infections, published ...

VFMC adds to leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... group's transformation portfolio. Other roles she held during her time at ANZ include managing director of ANZ Trustees, country chief executive of Cook Islands and chief operating officer of the bank's Taiwan business. In total, Dunn spent close to ...

Magellan, Barclays back new firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... ownership and autonomy to staff, we believe that Barrenjoey will be able to attract the best and brightest talent in the country providing clients with the best possible service and outcomes." In addition to the announced executives, Ken MacKenzie will ...

Contango approves new WCM strategy

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... Growth Long Short Strategy has returned 23.5% per annum since its inception on 30 June 2014, outperforming the MSCI All Country World Index by an annualised 11.9% per annum. The investment company said its board remains focused on improved investment ...

Aware Super joins forces with Dutch pension fund

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... merging with VicSuper on July 1. The merge fund manages more than $125 billion for more than 1 million members across the country. APG provides asset management and pension administrative services to one in five families in the Netherlands. It typically ...

Chief economist update: China's post-pandemic economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... world as a violation of human rights and/or an infringement of civil liberties. But there was none of that inside the country - there were no protests or indignation by its citizens - given the threat of being incarcerated at home or in state prison ...

Chief economist update: Prime Minister Suga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... to see the fruits of his labour but his record-breaking stint as prime minister provided relative policy stability in a country that changed leaders more often than Australia since Kevin Rudd. Prime Minister Suga promises continuity of his predecessor's ...