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Chief economist update: Communists' party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... rest of the world" - and positive - fruit of its hard lockdown, responses. "Sour grapes" is what the state-backed 'Global Times' newspaper called the negative nellies. Adding that Wuhan is "now welcoming an influx of tourists, and its economy ...

Vision Super revises investment strategy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... investment strategy annually and changes have been made this year to adjust for the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. "The global economy is experiencing one of its sharpest slowdowns in history and the dampening of consumer demand is not expected to ...

ESG crisis returns overcooked: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... as an important resilience factor in times of crisis are, at best, premature," they said. In August, Morningstar's Global Sustainable Fund Flows report examined 3432 sustainable open-end funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) across the globe in ...

Chief economist update: Second wave turning our V into a W

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... results, preliminary they may be, reinforces the fact that COVID-19 is the final arbiter of the outlook for the domestic and global economies. Latest reports out of Victoria engender optimism. The state recorded 179 new cases of infection over the past ...

Perpetual profits plummet

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... COVID-19 storm. "While our increasingly diversified business has provided some protection against extreme volatility seen in global investment markets, our overall FY20 financial results have been impacted due to COVID-19 effects and net outflows from ...

REITs better value than bonds, equities: LaSalle

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
Global real estate securities are priced competitively compared to asset classes such as equities and bonds, according to a real estate investment specialist with $106.3 billion in global assets under management. Despite the serious headwinds faced ...

ANZ posts profit, announces dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... times demonstrates the strength of our portfolio as we balance the need to support customers and our staff through this global pandemic while providing a fair return for shareholders," Elliott said. "Our company purpose of helping people and communities ...

Alternative assets are the new bonds: JPMAM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... alternative solutions, Pulkit Sharma, head of real assets and alternative investment strategy and solutions and Kerry Craig, global market strategist, discussed the benefit of investing in alternative assets in the APAC region. They said real estate ...

Take your CAPE ratio with a grain of salt

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... bust), and at the end of 2017 until October 2018 - after which Wall Street posted its worst yearly performance since the Global Financial Crisis. And while the CAPE ratio is not 'the be all and end all', it does show how earnings and price have ...

Perpetual launches two ESG funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
Perpetual Investments has launched two ESG global equities funds from Trillium for the Australia and New Zealand market. The first, Trillium ESG Global Equity Fund hold 70-150 stocks, excluding fossil fuels and integrating ESG research. Perpetual has ...