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Why Phillip Morris gets ESG points

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... IQOS was approved to be sold in the US, with the US Food and Drug Authority noting that it was in the interest of public health to make the stop smoking system available. "Here you've got a company that is doing what you want from ESG, which is getting ...

Chief economist update: A sensationalised version of the flu?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... Then again, we all have learned to live with influenza, haven't we? Flu affects more people - according to the World Health Organization (WHO), it affects up to 5,000,000 people worldwide - and more people die - "Up to 650 000 people die of respiratory ...

Unsatisfied HESTA members head for exit

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... so disappointed with the outcome of the meeting that they're leaving the fund. Healthy Futures is an organisation of health professionals who want to address the damaging health effects of climate change. Healthy Futures co-founder Kate Lardner wrote ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 solves overtourism in Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... not only to shield Europe but contribute in finding a cure to the global problem -- €114 million will support the World Health Organization (WHO); €100 million will go to urgently needed research related to diagnostics, therapeutics and prevention ...

Chief economist update: Who's afraid of COVID-19?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... lost 4%; the FTSE-100 index went down by 3.3%; and the S&P 500 index lost 3.4%. Yes Virginia, you'll fear for your health - mortal and financial - given the virus' seemingly exponential spread. The latest World Health Organisation (WHO) data ...

All-tech index offers new opps in financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
For investors keen to claim their stake in local tech companies early in the wave, financial advisers have a new solution. Today the Australian stock exchange launched a new technology index, the S&P/ASX All Tech index, which in its early days will ...

The sick short: Banking big on the coronavirus

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... world's biggest companies, investors are chasing shorting opportunities to bank big on the pandemic. According to the World Health Organisation, 1873 people have died from the COVID-19 virus, with only three of these deaths outside of China. More ...

Long-time IOOF director steps down

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... her valuable and substantial contribution to the organisation." Harvey currently serves as a non-executive director of health insurer BUPA and the Colonial Foundation Trust. She previously served as a director of David Jones, Medibank Private, UGL Limited ...

JP Morgan appoints two Aussie leads

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... for Macquarie Group and real estate investment trust DEXUS and helped sell the Paul Ramsay Foundation's stake in Ramsay Health Care. Ranson had led JP Morgan as its vice chairman for the past five years before landing the joint head role. Previously ...

CommInsure income protection off the menu

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... championing Australia and New Zealand to be the healthiest and most protected nations in the world, through our strong Life, Health and Wellbeing proposition and market-leading programs such as AIA Vitality, and our rehabilitation programs," he said. ...