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HESTA to go zero carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... going to manage climate risk, align our actions to a below-two-degrees world and support the transition to a low-carbon economy," said Debby Blakey, HESTA CEO. "Climate change presents a financial risk to the HESTA investment portfolio and the world ...

Chief economist update: Premature easing will cost more lives, more rupiahs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... bps - to 4.0% and 3.35%, respectively. India's stringent lockdown measures has taken its toll on the already slowing economy - GDP growth slowed from 5.7% in March 2019 to 4.1% in December - before the pandemic to 3.1% in the year to the March quarter ...

Chief economist update: Still the best and better than all the rest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... This is the same message delivered by the 'OECD Economic Outlook, June 2020' report, which has Australia's economy being the least worst among the club of rich nations, forecasting Australia's 2020 GDP "to fall by 6.3% in the double-hit ...

Investors should factor in climate risk: JANA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... financial risk is adequately considered and monitored, as climate change is likely to influence all parts of the global economy. The report, Climate change - implications for investment strategy, demonstrated that current policies on climate change ...

History is repeating itself: Zenith

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... have seen the fastest bear market in Australian equity history. As experienced during the GFC, the deterioration of the economy resulted in companies raising capital to shore up balance sheets. In its latest sector report, Australian Shares - Large Companies ...

Amazon launches climate VC fund

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... multiple industries, including transportation and logistics, energy, storage and utilisation, manufacturing, circular economy, and food and agriculture. Amazon believes it is on the path to run 100% on renewable energy by 2025, five years ahead of schedule. ...

Chief economist update: Japan on the mend but BOJ, Abe not taking any chances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... lifting of the state of emergency in the country on May 25 has been rewarded with encouraging indications of recovery in the economy. This is highlighted by the improvement in the au Jibun Bank Japan PMI surveys. Preliminary estimates show the composite ...

HLB appoints chair

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... of benefit to the organisation." Henderson said he was looking forward to growing the firm's position in the global economy. "Over the past 15 years, our client base has really evolved and now attracts clients from Asia Pacific, Europe and North ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's Cinderella moment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... underscored by Australian Industry Group's (AiG) chief executive Innes Wilcox statement that: "It is crucial that nationally our economy is able to open as far as possible to drive business and consumer confidence... We can't afford to again shut down ...

Profound uncertainty remains: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... commodity prices. Additionally, the world is starting to see a "striking divergence" of financial markets from the real economy, with financial indicators pointing to stronger prospects of a recovery than real activity suggests. "With few exceptions ...