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Ignition Advice appoints Sally Loane as chair

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... with the FSC between 2014 and 2021, she has also worked as a non-executive director at SCEGGS primary and secondary girls' school in Darlinghurst and spent almost a decade with Coca-Cola in media and public affairs. Currently, Loane is chair of Destination ...

Inflation rises to 6.8%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
... for holiday travel and accommodation also rose by a strong 7.2%, reflecting domestic holiday demand during the Easter and school holiday period," he explained. Bloxham added the data suggests that high inflation is still broad-based and rates for financial ...

US debt ceiling agreement reached

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2023
... the United States House and Senate. "I strongly urge both chambers to pass that agreement," he concluded. UNSW Business School of Economics associate professor Mark Humphrey-Jenner told Financial Standard the decision is a step in the right direction. ...

Investors flock to conservative ETFs: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023
... got the capacity to invest at the moment," he said. "They might have paid off their mortgages already or their private school fees have all come to an end, whereas the younger families are the ones that are investing a bit less." The investment shifts ...

Adviser numbers drop, FAAA strengthens recruitment

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... makes in people's lives with the help of volunteers. "We want to make planners the heroes of this campaign, talking to school leavers, talking to career changers about why this is an incredibly rewarding profession to be part of," she said. The FAAA ...

PensionDanmark chief executive to retire

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... The Secretariat of the Danish Economic Council. Pedersen has also chaired countless boards, such as Copenhagen Business School, the Danish Government and Denmark's Export and Investment Fund. PensionDanmark chair and chief executive of the Confederation ...

Startup founder charged for defrauding JPMorgan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
... entitled her to a US$20 million retention bonus. "Rather than help students, we allege that Ms. Javice engaged in an old school fraud: she lied about Frank's success in helping millions of students navigate the college financial aid process by making ...

Advice industry must change as population ages: Expert

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... that will need to pivot, the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds has heard. Professionals Congress London Business School professor Andrew Scott appeared via video explained the shift toward an "evergreen economy" away from a "silver economy" and ...

Could a four-day workweek save the day?

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... towards equalising the amount of paid work and unpaid work that men and women do." University of New South Wales business school professor Karin Sanders agrees that the four-day work week is indeed a benefit for working mothers in Australia. "Instead ...

The unique experience of a single woman

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... paycheck, especially in an economic climate like today." On the flip side, it's important to point out that London School of Economics (LSE) behavioural science professor Paul Dolan completed a study that showed unmarried single women who don't ...