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Oil to make strong recovery: State Street

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
Oil is on track to make a quick and strong recovery despite expectations that a broader recovery is not on the cards for some time, according to State Street Global Markets. Ben Jones, multi-asset class strategist at State Street, said he expects to ...

S&P kicks companies off ESG index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
The S&P 500 ESG Index has completed its second annual rebalancing since it launched last year, with some surprising companies kicked out. Twitter and Walmart were dropped from the ESG index for failing to meet certain ESG standards while Facebook, which ...

Willis Towers Watson ushers in the future of work

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
The global advisory and brokerage firm has announced the launch of an artificial intelligence driven software that will help companies rethink and redesign their workforce amid the current uncertain environment. Based upon the firm's 'reinventing jobs' ...

Fidante adds to London office

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Challenger's multi-boutique business has added to its London office's institutional sales team. Fidante Partners appointed Kerry Duffain to its institutional client solutions team in the London office. Duffain was most recently the head of European ...

Realigning remuneration expectations

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
Incentives could be 30-40% lower in 2020 owing to COVID-19 and underperforming investment products, according to a new compensation report covering asset management, insurance and sales. This year is "unusually important" for salaries as the trifecta ...

COVID-19 ushers in the future of work

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
With days, weeks, and months passing in what seems a blink of an eye, Australians have become accustomed to the comfort of working from home. So what does it mean for commercial real estate and those invested in it? Perhaps many, arguably those without ...

Behavioural tools to limit losses, fear

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
Market volatility is unavoidable, especially after a significant crash, but focusing on practical techniques to limit behavioural risk can help financial advisers limit the fear, anxiety and grief that they and their clients may be feeling. Behavioural ...

Practice valuations avoid COVID-19 hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
Financial advisers looking to sell their business in the midst of COVID-19 would be wise not to accept discounted offers, with experts saying the pandemic has barely touched the market. Speaking with Financial Standard, Radar Results founder John Birt ...

Chief economist update: China's beef with Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
'The Lucky Country' it may be but the year 2020 is not turning out well for Australia. Less than five months into the year and it has gone from devastation wrought by the bushfires, the lockdown forced on society by the coronavirus and, just ...

AMP defends hefty remuneration bill

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
During the AMP annual general meeting chair David Murray defended the pay packet chief executive Francesco De Ferrari and the board continue to take home despite the company's woes. The 2019 AMP remuneration report was rejected by shareholders. ...