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Chief economist update: Overvaluation tests FOMO and TINA trades

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... rates sound less enticing than the return of capital even at zero interest rates. In the general scheme of macro things, nothing has changed. The worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is behind us. Sure, there's the UK and South African variant outbreak ...

Chief economist update: China on my mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
The All Ordinaries index finished 2020 with a gain of 0.7%. Nothing to write home to mother about, especially compared with the 16.3% and 16.0% surge in the S&P 500 and the Nikkei-225, respectively, over the same period. However, the local bourse's ...

Clive Palmer ramps up calls for Shipton's head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... called for an inquiry into ASIC itself. "James Shipton is being paid almost 20 times the average Australian wage to do nothing. The CEO of Australia Post was sacked over six Cartier watches, how many watches would it take for Shipton to be sacked?" Palmer ...

RIR reveals bleak financial upside for disabled people

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... data, which is the inclusion of people with disabilities in decision making at all times, and encapsulated in the slogan 'Nothing about us without us'." That marginalisation could be seen in some of the findings of the Retirement Income Review. The review ...

AustralianSuper net-zero promise flawed: MarketForces

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... interim emission reduction targets or immediate commitments to divest from the most emissions-intensive companies, there is nothing to ensure AustralianSuper will do anything to reduce the climate impacts of its investment portfolio in the short-term," ...

Fund managers' ESG beef

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... our planet and the population, so a transition to a more sustainable food system is more urgent than ever." COVID-19 did nothing to help the ESG risks associated with meat and dairy either - rather, the pandemic has highlighted another risk factor. The ...

Climate change greater threat than COVID: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... costs associated with reducing the risks it presents. "Climate change is no longer a possibility. It is a reality. Doing nothing is now a policy choice, and it is costly," Philip said. "While there are a significant number of jobs and growth at risk ...

Wages will not rise from SG cut: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... before and after the 2014 freeze and found that no boost to wages occurred, saying workers sacrificed their super for nothing. Workers never received a promised wage increase when the super guarantee was last cut, a comprehensive analysis of federal ...

ASIC's Chester spills Crennan truth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... of Mr Crennan's travel allowance payments in a previous financial year had brought it to the attention of ASIC and nothing was done about it," he said. "It is not normal for the auditor-general to write to a minister and say that in order to gain ...

Risk but no reward in institutional equities portfolios

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... holdings cancelling each other out and hurting performance. "While the concept of the cancellation effect at a stock level is nothing new, the frequency of underlying holdings, style tilts and sector over- and under-weights cancelling each other out ...