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Chief economist update: Could COVID-19 dissenters be correct?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
"I see dead people." - The Sixth Sense Coronavirus conspiracy theorists and/or "sovereigns"-- those who refuse to obey government advice and/or restrictions for one reason/cause/principle or another - are getting a bad rap lately. Correction, they've ...

Australian Unity names chief executive

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... served as a director on the board of JBWere, as well as a member of the advisory board of Sydney University's Business School. Prior to these directorial positions, she worked in several senior roles at NAB, including the general manager of fixed income ...

Bennelong swoops on LIC trading at discount

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... director and board member at risk management fintech LumRisk, Raymond Da Silva Rosa, a professor of finance at UWA Business School and Andrew Reeve-Parker, who is a representative, director and responsible manager of NW Advice Pty Ltd, according to AEG's ...

Financial institution charged over Epstein scandal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... failed to properly monitor the activities of foreign bank clients with respect to their correspondent and dollar clearing business. "Danske Estonia, which is at the center of one of the world's largest money laundering scandals, suffered from inherent ...

Land tax, not stamp duty: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... essential services, like schools, hospitals and roads that everyone benefits from, onto those who buy or sell a house or business more often. "Transactions are an arbitrary basis for taxation, and this way of distributing the tax burden is poorly justified ...

At least $70bn more in stimulus needed: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... removed ($10 billion to $15 billion), adding a catch-up loading for schools to provide intensive tuition for students hurt by school shutdowns ($1.2 billion). Grattan's permanent solutions recommendations will cost $7 billion in 2020-21 and $14 billion ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 takes second crack at China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
Just when we thought that life was slowly returning to normal, reports out of Beijing have turned into reality what many feared - a second wave. While all our uncles and their dogs blamed China for the "bother" the world finds itself in, its policy ...

Impact investing set to skyrocket: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... their money to deliver positive impact and avoid harm," O'Connor said. Conducted by the Deakin University Business School and supported by AMP Capital and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, the report charts the composition, growth ...

Investec funds women in finance scholarship

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
Investec Australia has established a postgraduate research scholarship with the University of Sydney Business School; in a move that it says will benefit the future finance workforce in Australia. The Investec Women in Finance and Leadership PhD Scholarship ...

Australians hate complexity, not annuities: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
New research from Melbourne Business School Orford Initiative has found there is more demand for annuity products than the industry or government previously believed. However, that demand is being stifled by a lack of understanding among consumers on ...