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Economic recap: Week to August 27

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... instead of the original plan for an in-person tete-a-tete says a great deal about the states of the economy and health the world still finds itself -- much more than digesting, dissecting and analysing Fed chair Powell's missive. Of course, Powell's ...

Economic recap: Week to August 20

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
The continued spread of the Delta variant in most parts of the world - even in New Zealand despite being locked down after only one case - and reduced vaccine efficacy - as demonstrated by the rise in infections in Israel (one of the very first country ...

Economic recap: Week to August 6

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... risks to the economic outlook remain". In Japan, it was all about the Olympics of course. To be able to proceed with the world games in these abnormal times was an achievement in itself. The "thrill of victory". "The agony of defeat". Athletes from around ...

Acquisition to create APAC real assets heavyweight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
... entities would have about $175 billion in assets, making it the third-largest listed real estate and real assets manager in the world. It would be the largest of its kind in Asia Pacific. "Our vision has always been to build a leading fund manager focused ...

Economic recap: Week to July 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... figures were released. However, the US central bank hinted that it could start "tapering" asset purchases soon because "the economy has made progress toward these goals [employment and inflation] despite the resurgence of infections and "vaccination ...

Aon, Willis Towers Watson terminate merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... our clients and our shareholders. We believe we are well-positioned to compete vigorously across our businesses around the world and will continue to introduce important innovations to the market," WTW chief executive John Haley said. "We appreciate ...

3PD wins distribution partnership

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... beyond traditional global investing," Thakker said. "India is likely to regain its spot as the fastest-growing economy in the world soon aided by catalysts like potential shift of global supply chains to India as they look to diversify their supplier ...

Top economist Don Stammer to fund UNE scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... Institute; sat on the board of Australian Ecosystems Foundation Inc (and is now a life member); chaired the Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute, and chaired Earth Sanctuaries Limited, a wildlife and nature preservation company. As if that weren't ...

BlackRock lists three ESG ETFs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
sustainability focus. The three funds are the iShares Core MSCI Australia ESG Leaders ETF (IESG), iShares Core MSCI World Ex Australia ESG Leaders ETF (IWLD) and iShares Core MSCI World ex Australia ESG Leaders (AUD Hedged) ETF (IHWL). IESG seeks to ...

Chief economist update: OECD upgrades global growth but advises continued policy support

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... Development's (OECD) latest 'Economic Outlook' report revealed as it upgraded its projections for the world economy, supported by the quickening and expansion of the coronavirus vaccine roll-out and the massive fiscal stimulus in the United ...