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Investment managers enter 'paradox' in 2026: Deloitte

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025

Deloitte's 2026 investment management outlook report said the investment management industry will face a paradox in 2026: elusive profit growth, yet the opportunity for differentiation has never been greater. The report said investors who continue to ...

Human biases call for simpler retirement framework: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025

... cognitive biases that impact financial decision-making and called for simplifying retirement advice. Biases include a choice paradox where too many options can lead to overwhelm, a default preference to stick with what is in place rather than making ...

Mild recession in 2024, higher interest rates: Vanguard

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023

... globally," said Vanguard global chief economist and global head of investment strategy group Joe Davis. "There is a powerful paradox to this new higher-rate world - while near-term financial market volatility is likely to remain elevated, long-term and ...

Stock exchanges, industry pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, CASSANDRA BALDINI | FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022

... remarked how Americans rebelled against the British Crown yet are inveterate admirers of British royalty. I believe this paradox is explained by the fact that for most of us, Queen Elizabeth II is the Crown." "To our friends in the UK and around the ...

Mining vital to low carbon solutions: Fidelity

ANDREW MCKEAN | WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022

... outlays of capital expenditure in order to develop and scale up low-carbon technologies." Further, explaining a problematic paradox, Fidelity noted that there are several proven technologies that can be accelerated and deployed to replace the energy ...

Pandemic stokes investor appetite

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a paradoxical effect on investors, according to new research, increasingly the willingness of existing investors to invest further despite uncertainty about the future. This is according to a new white paper from Calastone ...

Frontier zeroes in on poor culture

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021

... those practised on a daily basis, with any discrepancies being raised with the board," Rafe said. "There appears to be a paradox between ethical expectations and legal restriction. Simply complying with the law does not necessarily mean executives' ...

Chief economist update: We're not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020

... health restrictions... Fiscal policy can directly respond where help is most needed. "Second, fiscal policy can break paradox of thrift dynamics in the private sector when uncertainty is present... people who consider government support to be more adequately ...

Chief economist update: Cheaper prices not a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020

... counterintuitive but falling prices are bad news bears for the economy, any economy. Just like John Maynard Keynes' Paradox of Thrift, savings by individuals during recessions lead to a general decline in aggregate demand and therefore, even slower ...

Chief economist update: A penny saved, a penny not earned by the economy

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019

... 'The Fable of the Bees' -- the passage that JMK (John Maynard Keynes), himself, cited when he gave us the 'Paradox of Thrift'. This was what the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) was alluding to its policy statements for many months now ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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