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TIAA commits to net zero

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... net zero by 2040. It has also committed to managing all of its $1.2 trillion in assets under management according to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. "We engage with the management teams of thousands of companies every year to ...

Chief economist update: Frydenberg spends big

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... unemployment today is lower than when we came to government... Australia's fate could have been so much worse. The United Kingdom, France and Italy all contracted by more than 8%, Japan and Canada by around 5%. Australia, just 2.5%." "The strength ...

Chief economist update: Did the BOE just announce taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... the BOE's announcement is backed by its sharp upgrade to the country's economic outlook: "New COVID cases in the United Kingdom had continued to fall, the vaccination programme was proceeding apace, and restrictions on economic activity were ...

Chief economist update: The Fed and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... earnings back into local currency. The bad. Australia would be forced to compete for the higher interest rates offered in the United States. As we've witnessed over the past few months, Australian bond yields (and those of other major economies) ...

Infrastructure Capital hires from Frontier

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... years, departing her role in April 2021. Prior to that, she was investment director for MENA Infrastructure Fund in the United Arab Emirates and director of power and utilities at HSBC Global Banking and Markets. Meena Samaan has also joined ICG as director. ...

Pandemic boosts financial sector's engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... safety and trust in their manager's ability to lead and communicate and so forth. Employees from India, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, South Africa and Mexico are the most resilient workers, recording a score of 17% and above. Australia ...

Citi to exit consumer banking in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... strategic review, with the company now focusing its consumer banking business on four "wealth centres" - Singapore, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates and London. "As a result of the ongoing refresh of our strategy, we have decided that we are going to ...

Chief economist update: BOE not letting its guard down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... additional support to the outlook," it said. "The rates of COVID infections and hospitalisations have fallen markedly across the United Kingdom and the vaccination programme is proceeding at a rapid pace." Worldometers.info data confirms the BOE's ...

Harvey Kalman to leave Equity Trustees

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... service building the corporate trustee services business and broadening to include offshore offices in Ireland and the United Kingdom, Harvey Kalman will be stepping down from his role with us at Australia's leading trustee company, where he leads ...

ANZ, CBA settle class action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... action in the US related to the trading of bank bill swap (BBSW) products in 2016. The class action commenced in 2016 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against ANZ, CBA, NAB and Westpac and other global banks. ...