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Chief economist update: This rebound is brought to you by the letter V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
The gradual easing of restrictions has unfrozen social and business activity in almost every nation that decided to do so. Central banks and governments can flood the system with all the money they have, or can print, but with consumers not allowed ...

HESTA to go zero carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... severity and frequency of damage from the physical impacts of climate change," Blakey said. "There is no doubt that the social, environmental and economic cost of inaction is going to be far greater than the cost of responding to climate change." Blakey ...

ESG continues to outperform: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... visible and public commitments to responsible investment, and at a minimum, integrate the consideration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment decision-making." The report said companies or assets are unlikely to thrive ...

Chief economist update: Premature easing will cost more lives, more rupiahs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... 1.7 trillion rupees ($22.5 billion) two days later to support families and workers affected by the virtual of nearly all social and business activities. The government topped this up with Rupiah 20 lakh crore (trillion) -- USD 260 billion - equivalent ...

Pendal adds SRI lense to multi-asset fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... a first for a real return Multi-Asset fund in Australia and provides investors with more diverse options that factor in social and environmental outcomes over long term time horizons," Blayney said. The fund will also exclude companies or issuers directly ...

Job vacancies up 15%: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... and superannuation sectors were down 2%, while almost every other industry saw an uptick following the easing of COVID-19 social distancing measures. Banking and financial services job ads were up 15%. The biggest upticks in May were, perhaps unsurprisingly ...

Managed accounts demand rises: Zenith

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... Zenith's services. Zenith said Melbourne-based Kearney Group has developed models with a strong focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) for their client's investment solutions. Matt Englund, Kearney's chief operating officer ...

Fixed income investors get new ESG rating

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... mainstream, the key for Australian investors is to ensure they are investing into areas that are genuinely making the positive social or environmental impacts they claim," Murphy said.

Investment scams pry $126m from Aussie hands

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... Delia Rickard said. "Over the last decade, scammers have taken advantage of new technologies and current scams are using social media apps and new payment methods that didn't exist in 2009." According to data from Scamwatch, investment scams were ...

Super funds keep eye on Rio Tinto review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... place." UniSuper said it expects Rio - one of its top Australian shareholdings - to take matters of cultural significance and social values seriously. "We also expect appropriate accountability to be taken for any failures identified in the review," ...