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Evergreen partners with Generation Life

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... to offer innovative solutions for long-term investors who care about their capital being invested wisely, as well as doing good for themselves and future generations." The underlying managers are: Australian equities (Australian Ethical, BetaShares ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 causes double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... services PMI went up to a reading of 50.3 - the first reading indicating expansion and the highest in eight months. This is good news according to Chris Williamson, chief business economist at IHSMarkit: "In a month during which virus containment measures ...

AMP chair faces shareholder ire

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... thick of the transformation that has yet to produce tangible results yet award him with a hefty payout. "There is never a good time, a perfect time for transition. [During] the portfolio review, Francesco and the board were talking about future leadership ...

Chief economist update: Not yet time to make a change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... be plenty more where this came from because confident consumers are spending consumers. More so, if they're expecting good jobs prospects, continued monetary policy accommodation and increased fiscal largesse. The latest Conference Board consumer ...

BNY Mellon partners with FRT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... participation and fiduciary duty with FS Super, saying super fund participation in class actions is "not simply about ensuring good governance of the businesses they invest in, but about returning money to the fund that it is entitled to through damages". ...

Chief economist update: Low for longer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
... July last year -- its highest level in 22 years. This jobless rate remains insufficient to drive wages higher. Recall the good governor declaring that wages have to grow sustainably by more than 3% for it to be transmitted into higher inflation. The ...

Cboe Chi-X takeover progresses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... come to market. We've done eight and the ASX has done seven. And I think that as competition ramps up further it will be good in regards to pricing tension around ETFs and everything else." With Cboe taking over Chi-X, Jokovic said the ASX will have ...

Westpac earnings take hit

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
The bank has announced a $282 million hit to its statutory profit after an increase in customer refunds, software write-downs and accounting losses, ahead of its interim results. Westpac recorded $220 million in customer refunds, payments, associated ...

Chief economist update: Tomorrow never dies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... cause for concern but, in the words of former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, these are "known knowns". Then again, the good tidings in store for "tomorrow" are known too. To paraphrase what I scribbled on this space on the day : The US reporting ...

Chief economist: Of capital gains taxes, COVID-19 and climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... climate change." Yes, yes and yes. These are certainly things that go bump in the night (and day). Whatever happened to the good news of (not metaphorical) yesterday? The day before today when Wall Street was on the up and up - the S&P 500 and the DJIA ...