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Insurtech investments down 54% in March quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... investment in the sector dropped in the March quarter. Insurtechs attracted US$912 million in the first quarter across the globe but the deal activity slowed down significantly after January, according to Willis Towers Watsons. "The year 2020 began on ...

Northern Trust touts new ESG tool to instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... funds in US and Europe but that is tailored to their particular board management and deliverables. This [tool] spans the globe and is for asset owners and managers," Northern Trust product lead - investment accounting and analytic solutions Serge Boccassini ...

Bitcoin bonanza amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... investors to consider alternative investments amid the COVID-19 crisis. "COVID-19 has seen a lot of governments around the globe increase stimulatory measures to help stabilise their local economies," De Corrado said. "In doing so, a lot of fears regarding ...

COVID-19 will bite into credit ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... available information on each country's debt-to-GDP and/or budget-to-GDP ratios shows that they are among the lowest in the globe. Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, and Sweden's government budgets are even in surplus. As ...

Morningstar acquires global ESG ratings house

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... understanding and use of ESG insights and strategies to a multitude of investors, advisors, asset owners and managers across the globe. "This new ownership structure will amplify our ability to bring meaningful ESG insights, products, and services to ...

Chief economist update: Credit ratings downgrades versus fiscal salvation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... forgiven for its confidence that it could quarantine Japan from the bug that's exponentially infecting people around the globe - it had only around 780 cases of infection when COVID-19 on the day the BOJ increased monetary largesse. This compares ...

Market recovery or dead cat bounce?

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... in the possibility that the recovery will be short and quick and helped along by strong fiscal stimulus from around the globe. "There are improvements in testing, fall in death rates in Italy and also trials for vaccines starting to occur." But while ...

Avoid listed wealth giants: UBS

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... called out AMP and IOOF as two stocks investors should avoid amid the current turmoil engulfing financial markets across the globe. Laying out how Australian equities can help investors through the current period of market volatility, UBS's analysts ...

Recovery expected in 2021: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... expect recovery in 2021." Georgieva said it is paramount to prioritise containment and strengthen health systems across the globe. She said that while the economic impact of doing so will be quite severe, the faster the virus is able to be contained ...

Macquarie shares halve in COVID-19 sell-off

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... globally. "The bank stocks have been hit pretty hard as the market prices in a low interest rate regime here and across the globe," he said. "Effectively, because of how considerable the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak will be on the Australian and global ...