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Chief economist update: Second wave comes to Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... government's economic measures"... "based on the assumption that a second wave of COVID-19 will not occur on a large scale". But the Kyodo News' latest report indicates that it may be starting to happen. It's just as well that the Bank of ...

Perpetual takes stake in US asset manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... and geography, and presents us with significant growth opportunities in the Australian market and a formidable platform to scale our business internationally," Perpetual chief executive and managing director Rob Adams said. Barrow Hanley currently has ...

Non-bank lender winds up fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
A $5 million fund that invested in personal loans is winding up, after failing to achieve sufficient scale. The DirectMoney Personal Loan Fund invested in fixed-rate unsecured personal loans originated by non-bank lender Wisr Investment Management. ...

HESTA doubles down on climate action

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... recovery that locks in long-term emissions and increases the risk of assets becoming stranded." Domestic opportunities with scale and long-term contractual appeal are relatively rare, she said. "While we want to invest more here, for every $1 we have ...

Chief economist update: The next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... European Union. As Richard McGuire, head of rates strategy at Rabobank, put it: "The importance of this fund is not its scale or conditionality but rather its historic significance in terms of the region's policymakers crossing the hitherto unbreachable ...

No returns in sight for AAP investors

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... new AAP will continue what it has always done, McKinnon said; producing quality, independent journalism, but at a smaller scale. "The media landscape is changing dramatically and AAP needs to transform with that landscape," he told Financial Standard. ...

JobKeeper, JobSeeker to be extended

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... always going to be temporary and I think Aussies understand that," Morrison said. "We always said it would taper back and scale down, they are not enduring and they are not permanent, they were never designed to be permanent." This comes as Treasurer ...

Chief economist update: BOJ takes breather on stimulus sprint

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... pandemic will evolve and how long it will take for it to subside. In particular, if a second wave of COVID-19 occurs on a large scale, economic activity is likely to be constrained significantly again. In addition, households' and firms' behaviour ...

J.P. Morgan launches ESG integration policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... methodology, the team "must receive an aggregate score of at least 30 points and, for each metric, receive at least a two on a scale of 1-5," according to a paper from JPMAM that outlines the ESG integration policy. If the strategy does not meet this ...

ME Bank chief resigns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... undertaken. "Jamie has made a significant contribution to the Bank over the last ten and a half years, transforming the scale and extent of ME's retail offering to customers," ME Bank chair James Evans said. "ME has increased significantly in size ...