Sydney chapter had a good turnout for a presentation on “Long Term Investment Planning” for Sydney Water by Barry Mcdonnell and Tim Boyer, on the 20th November 2019.
Barry set the scene by outlining the challenges faced by Sydney Water in meeting the future demands for a growing Sydney:
Dave Daines recently represented Australia in the ISOTC251 meeting held in Quito, Ecuador. To download and read the communique regarding this meeting, please do so here.
We’re calling out around the world: get ready asset managers!
The Asset Management Council’s annual conference AMPEAK20, held 19-22 April 2020 in Melbourne, will showcase World Asset Management Day.
On November 12th 1919, two Adelaide brothers, Keith and Ross Smith, made history when they flew from London to Darwin in the Great Air Race, in a Vickers Vimy WWI Bomber. Telegrams sent at each stop seized the interest of the nation; the excitement sorely needed to balm the woes of the recent Great War. The Smith brothers won the race, arriving in Darwin on December 10, 1919, to cheers from a crowd of over 1500 people.
There is a lot in the news at the moment regarding climate change and the state of emergency the world is in. The effects of greenhouse gases (GHG) already emitted are considered wholly irreversible, and unless there is a targeted, collective approach to lowering carbon emissions, the world is doomed. Exactly how the world is doomed is unclear: no scientist or futurist is able to give a definitive forecast of how the earth will look if the advice to lower carbon emissions remains unheeded.
But to do nothing is to risk everything.