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Let's not waste the crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... on-shoring of manufacturing. "The crisis has caused a sudden awareness of the vulnerabilities of global, low inventory supply chains and distributed operating models," Hostplus head of ESG Kim Farrant said. "While we have already seen some companies ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... sentiment with the two biggest economies in the world sparring with each other and what it means for emerging economies, supply chains and demand," Craig said. "At a base case, we think trade wars are absolutely terrible, and no one really wins from ...

Road to recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... organisations already begin transformation, such as transitioning to remote working environments and re-thinking supply chains." "Transformations that might have taken a decade have occurred within mere weeks." Loades said leaders need to continue to ...

Emerging markets weather varied COVID-19 storms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... of globalisation, must rely on new innovative sources to expand gross domestic product. Initiatives to diversify supply chains will be accelerated on the other side of COVID-19, they argued, with companies establishing additional production inputs and ...

ESG investing now mainstream: deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... "It underscores that human health is reliant upon healthy ecosystems; that we need to ensure the sustainability of supply chains; and that those companies with robust corporate governance and good business practice fare better in difficult times and ...

Chief economist update: Stimulus measures ease extreme fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... December 2011 and the biggest monthly fall on record. Meanwhile, forced factory shutdowns, disruptions to their supply chains and reduced demand sent industrial production plummeting by 5.4% in the month of March - the steepest monthly decline since ...

COVID-19 to lead to deglobalisation: Amundi

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... COVID-19 will favour countries that are close to autonomous regarding internal demand and less dependent on global supply chains and trade. Internal demand is also negatively affected by lockdowns, but this is where resilience and rebound should take ...

Chief economist update: COVID-infected Aussie stats trickle in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... employment - are inhibiting expenditures... local or imported. And that's before factoring in the disruptions to supply chains around the world. To paraphrase Governor Lowe's statement, Australia may not be able to avoid a recession this time ...

Lonsec recommends PCFM fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... to reintroduce normalcy to day-to-day life in the nation, which he said will make a big difference to important supply chains. "We think selectively there's opportunities in some of the higher quality consumer elated exposures," Mitchell said. "Some ...

The impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... and boards of companies are going to start questioning whether it is prudent to have such a large concentration of supply chains in one particular region or one particular country," he said. "Companies like Apple may ask suppliers to relocate in several ...