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Transition away from LIBOR continues

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... an important step towards the orderly transition of billions of dollars' worth of financial contracts in the derivatives market," ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour said. "Industry wide adoption will significantly reduce the risks of contractual disputes ...

AMP Capital included in UNPRI Leaders Group

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... recently established a long-term net zero carbon strategy by 2030. It also provides clients opportunities in the growing market for green bonds, and funds projects in renewable energy, energy efficiency, transport, sustainable forestry and climate resilience ...

Big banks face shareholder action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... fossil fuels. NAB and ANZ have had shareholder resolutions lodged against them by environmental finance organisation Market Forces to align with the goals of the Paris Agreement. ANZ's exposure to coal mining increased by 27% to $1.4 billion in 2018 ...

Aware Super joins forces with Dutch pension fund

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... the long term." Similarly, APG head of European property investments Robert-Jan Foortse believes there to be significant market opportunity to roll out aparthotel offerings across other major European cities. "We are delighted to partner with Aware Super ...

Super funds accused of chest beating on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... detail. While UniSuper acknowledges that more needs to be done, this policy creates more questions than answers," Market Forces asset management campaigner Will van de Pol said. "Without a clear plan to reduce exposure to all fossil fuel production and ...

How to make sense of reporting season

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... "This is around the same pace of revisions we have seen in June and July, around 1% in each month and is important for market confidence given expectations of an earnings recovery beginning to take place," it said. The US has seen earnings upgrades of ...

What to expect from the Retirement Income Review

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... superannuation funds. "The PC's proposed "best in show" was flawed and is unlikely to be introduced. Instead, market forces will reduce the number of funds and they will all be bigger and much stronger than the funds existing today," Rice Warner ...

Property winners, losers of COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... life sciences, bio-medical and industrial cold storage." Despite the heavy sell off in REITs in March and several macro forces still at play, Everett believes there are still opportunities for the sophisticated investor. "Share prices remain in a corrective ...

Chief economist update: Second waving, not drowning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... prolonged contraction in the Australian economy. Have no fear, big brother is here. China is Australia's biggest export market and being first in - into the coronavirus pandemic - and first out of it, it's economy is revitalising sooner than ...

Challenges abound as super poises for COVID-19 recovery

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... on the industry side or the bank sponsored side," he said. "So I am hopeful that times like pandemics, times like share market crashes... [will] galvanise people together."