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Office workers burnt out: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
... Australians. In Italy, 49% of office workers said they were suffering from burn out. This is followed by China (41%), Canada (40%), Spain (39%), the US (38%) and UK (37%). The relationship between working from home and burnout appears to be complicated. ...

CPP Investments APAC lead to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
The head of Asia Pacific for the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has been promoted, with a replacement yet to be confirmed. Suyi Kim served as head of Asia Pacific since June 2016, overseeing close to $118 billion in investments and about 160 staff. ...

UniSuper's O'Sullivan on what's next

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
Two months out from his last day at UniSuper, chief executive Kevin O'Sullivan talks to Financial Standard about his eight years at the fund, going public offer and staying away from mergers. O'Sullivan arrived at UniSuper in 2013, after a career ...

Australia among the richest nations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... assistance in rich countries was so generous that disposable personal income rose overall. The US (7.2%), Germany (0.8%) and Canada (2.3%) are some examples. Australia recorded 1805 millionaires at the end of 2020, increasing by 392 year on year. Australia ...

BTIG names co-heads of APAC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
BTIG has appointed two co-leads for the Asia-Pacific business, as well as a chief strategy officer. Andrew Dalgleish and Trevor Harrison were named co-heads of BTIG Asia-Pacific, while Samuel Leung is the new chief strategy officer of BTIG Hong Kong. ...

Chief economist update: Frydenberg spends big

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
"Australia's economic recovery is now well underway and we must keep the momentum going... but, this pandemic is not over. For as long as the virus persists, so will we. So tonight, we go further." This is according to federal treasurer Josh Frydenberg ...

Chief economist update: A date with the RBA in July

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) May the fourth Board meeting would have been a ho-hum event had it not been for the month of July. As expected, the RBA left monetary policy settings unchanged - "including the targets of 10 basis points for ...

Infrastructure Capital hires from Frontier

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
Infrastructure Capital Group (ICG) has made several key appointments, including nabbing Frontier's head of real assets and private equity. Isabelle Demir, who was head of real assets and private equity at Frontier, has been appointed executive director ...

Chief economist: Of capital gains taxes, COVID-19 and climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... earnings beating consensus expectations, strengthening recovery in global economic growth - so much so that the Bank of Canada (BOC) even made headlines as it became the first central bank in the world to taper - the surge in vaccinations in Europe while ...

Chief economist update: Bank of Canada walks the talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... haven't walked their talks - preferring to wait for days better than the optimistic ones they anticipate. Not the Bank of Canada (BOC). It decided to taper QE at the conclusion of its April 21 meeting, to wit: "The Bank of Canada today held its target ...