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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 ...

REITs resilient in face of virus: Principal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... an impact from the coronavirus on education and tourism. But there's also a long-term concern - construction supply chains." Yoong said delays are going to hit A-REITS and property once current stocks are "used up". "Big high-rise developments in ...

Global stocks plunge as COVID-19 fear accelerates, oil crashes

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... to the slowdown (and shutdown in some cases) in business and consumer activity in China and its domino effect on supply chains around the world. The impact of COVID-19 on our economy would only be made worse if the virus had a significant impact on the ...

Billionaire investor warns against buying the dip

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... could spread so quickly, causing havoc on global share markets, impacting every advanced economy and triggering supply chains to grind to a halt was "dramatic", Waislitz said in the letter. "Previously, this would have been considered to be in the realm ...

Chief economist update: Australia's gentle turning point to turn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... lowest level on record and is below market expectations for a decline to 46.0. Lockdowns, quarantines, disruptions to supply chains and travel restrictions also took the services sector down with the official NBS Non-Manufacturing PMI in China plunging ...