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Chief economist update: Yuan the victim of China's success

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... and not target its exchange rate for competitive purposes". That was before the COVID-19 pandemic. Compared with other nations around the globe, the Politburo's swift, decisive and draconian measures to control the coronavirus outbreak have prevented ...

Chief economist update: East and west at crossroads

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... I type, and would continue to do so until Australia "sees the light" that, in turn, would serve as a warning to other nations that dare to defy China. And defied China, Australia did for the following reasons: This spurred a Chinese embassy official ...

UK fund manager eyes Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... market. Promethos focuses on the ESG space, offering global, multi-cap equity strategies focused on addressing United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Robeco launches credit income fund in Australia

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... established credit income fund to the Australian market with the strategy focusing on positively contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDG Credit Income Fund is an actively managed global credit strategy that selects ...

Myer Foundation partners with Mercer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... prosperity," Myer said. "The SDGs provide a clear pathway to address social, economic and environmental challenges and with 193 nations committed to achieving them, it signals broad global consensus, creating a powerful economic tailwind for aligned ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore to reduce Aussie deficit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... social interaction and business activity has prevented the economy from succumbing to the recession that has struck most nations around the world. Chinese GDP grew by 3.2% in the year to the June quarter after contracting by 6.8% in the first. Recent ...

Retirement income failing Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander people

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... outside of the program would ordinarily attract superannuation," the Retirement Income Review acknowledged. And, while First Nations Foundation notes that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are more likely to have multiple super accounts with ...

Chief economist update: A vaccine and a better vaccine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... have thought that after dropping to a four-year low of 18,213.65 points back in March (as economic activity froze in most nations around the globe), the Dow is now just a whisker away from 30K points - it closed at 29,950.44 points last night for a whopping ...

Climate change reporting is cheap talk: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... the worst possible outcome given the information available about the non-reporting company, as proposed in the United Nations (1992) precautionary principle."

Zurich joins reconciliation plan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... to the communities we serve in Australia." Delaney and Plant added that Zurich had already made connections with First Nations communities, predominately through strategic collaborations with the Raise Foundation, Beyond Empathy and the Tackle Your Feelings ...