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EM winners, losers emerge in COVID-19 struggle

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... the US dollar." He also argued India had underperformed in its response to the spreading virus. "A key measure for EM progress will be which countries manage to pull off both monetary and fiscal stimulus successfully," Cirami said. "It's too early to ...

Melbourne boutique partners with Swiss bank

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
A Melbourne equities boutique and a Swiss private bank have entered a two-way distribution partnership, as each looks to tap into the other's markets. Union Bancaire Privee will market Bell Asset Management's global small and mid cap strategies ...

Life insurance salary guide for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
A new salary guide has outlined what those in the life insurance industry can expect to get paid this year, as it's revealed many claims assessors are looking to move sideways due to a perceived lack of career growth. Profusion Group's June 2020 insurance ...

Bad news for BDMs despite industry-wide uptick

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
The latest market update for financial services in Australia from Kaizen Recruitment contains some welcome good news, but times remain tough for business development managers. Kaizen recently surveyed over 50 financial services organisations regarding ...

Report reveals superficiality of ESG pledges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... investments. To join the group, institutional investors must sign a "statement of commitment" which asks them to demonstrate progress incorporating the risks and opportunities associated with climate change into investment decisions and business operations. ...

New role for AMP Capital ESG head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... regional knowledge will be hugely valuable to our clients, partners and stakeholders and will enable us to continue to drive progress, raise industry standards, and inform global best practice in sustainable investment." Chronos Sustainability managing ...

Economic outlook not as bad as predicted: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... functional and to achieve the yield target for three-year AGS." Lowe indicated the target will remain in place until progress is being made towards the goals for full employment and inflation. "The bank's market operations are continuing to support ...

Advice job market not all doom and gloom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
There are some bright spots in the market for financial advice jobs, according to Kaizen Recruitment, despite over 1000 advisers leaving the industry since the start of 2020 and only about 50 joining. "The implementation of restructures and exits announced ...

MLC Wealth appoints chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
A former chief executive of BT Financial Group has been named independent non-executive chair of MLC Wealth. Robert Coombe has been named to take on the role, effective 1 July 2020. NAB chair Philip Chronican said the appointment to the board of National ...

Impact offers opportunity during crisis: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... entrenched problems in society, the ability to scale social impact investments in Australia holds significant promise to drive progress towards solutions, a new report reveals. UTS associate professor Danielle Logue and Dr Gillian McAllister collaborated ...