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Carbon footpath important, not footprint: AXA

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
The multi-asset manager has warned of the effects of climate change on investor's portfolios, urging them to assess a company's "carbon footpath" over eliminating polluters altogether. AXA Investment Managers found that listed companies are responsible ...

Technology to transform coming decades

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
New technologies such as artificial intelligence, data analytics, blockchain and the internet of things (IoT) are set to radically transform and disrupt markets and economies. That's according to the latest research from KPMG and the Australian National ...

Climate crisis tops list of risks for 2020s

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
For the first time, climate crisis and environmental degradation have taken out the top five spots in a list ranking the risks most likely to impact the world over the coming decade. It comes as extreme weather events batter the world; with fires burning ...

Chief economist update: Bushfires singe growth, surplus predictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... The first one is from Reuters (14 January 2020), "Australian economic outlook overshadowed by bushfires, drought: Reuters poll". According to the article: "Economists polled by Reuters forecast Australia's A$2 trillion ($1.4 trillion) of annual gross ...

Chief economist update: Brexit - the news that was

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
"MPs voted to give third reading to the Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB) by 330 to 231 - a majority of 99 - which allows the bill to sail through to the House of Lords where peers will begin line by line scrutiny next week." This the latest news from ...

Chief economist update: Three cheers for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
"Christmas, Christmas time is near, Time for toys and time for cheer..." - Alvin & the Chipmunks I can almost hear those little chipmunk voices singing this Christmas song as I browsed through last week's news of good tidings... and they came in ...

Ethics code creates confusion around ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
A debate is raging about what the Financial Advice Standards and Ethics Authority's Code of Ethics means for ESG investing and advising clients on ethical investment options, with FASEA chief executive Stephen Glenfield looking to clarify the issue. ...

Chief economist update: Santa Claus is coming to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... won (contrary to the polls showing Remain will win) and in 2017 (when Theresa May's party lost majority instead of the poll predicted landslide victory). But I digress. Financial Standard has always been looking at fundamentals and... they've ...

New SMAs launch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
A new range of separately managed accounts (SMAs) have launched, attempting to address a demand the new FASEA code of ethics could create. A group of financial advisers have come together to launch the SMAs through Ethical Advisers Funds Management. ...

AMP, HESTA, Hostplus lose out in ratings

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
The Ethical Advisers' Co-op has re-released its fund ratings in the lead up to Ethical Investment Week, with some surprising results. The co-op rates superannuation and investment funds by asking the individual advisers that make up the group to ...