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What you read in 2020

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
As we farewell a year that many will be glad to see the back of, check out Financial Standard 's most read stories for 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the majority of this year's most widely read stories, as unprecedented shutdowns and ...

Chief economist update: ECB expands PEPP

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
The European Central Bank (ECB) didn't disappoint financial markets expecting more goodies in their Christmas stockings. While it kept the price of credit unchanged - repo rate at 0%, marginal lending rate at 0.25% and deposit facility rate at -0.5% ...

AMP launches retirement product

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... $20,000. AMP Australia director of wrap products Shaune Egan said the product is designed to provide flexibility to safeguard against market downturns, while allowing investors to take advantage of market upside and incrementally lock in positive returns. ...

Aware Super cuts carbon emissions by 40%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... portfolio, a trend we expect to continue," Graham said. "The development of the new Aware Super benchmarks means we can help safeguard our members' funds from the risks associated with holding assets that contribute to climate change, including those ...

World largest asset owners increase ESG, AUM

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... co-founder Roger Urwin said the larger funds within the AO100 are also using universal owner strategies which aim to safeguard the financial system in conjunction with climate-related risks without sacrificing returns. "This is consistent with a new ...

It's not a bird or a plane; it's a new trading platform

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... flat $5 brokerage rate. Shares are still held on a holder identification number (HIN) on the ASX's CHESS system to safeguard financial assets. The trading platform offers investors two pricing options, either its "basic" account or its "live" account ...

Instos dial up alternatives allocations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
Most institutional investors are seeking alternative investments to safeguard against COVID-19 volatility. New CoreData Research reveals nearly half (40%) of the 459 participants it surveyed between June and July will ramp up allocations to alternatives ...

Cbus pledges net zero emissions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... will not see out their traditional economic life. "The average Cbus member is 39 years old. It's our responsibility to safeguard their investments as the financial impacts and physical effects of climate change intensify," he said. "This science has ...

CFA Institute call for feedback on new standard

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... a standard to align investor objectives with products. "Setting global industry standards to ensure transparency and safeguard trust is integral to our mission and will help consumers to make more informed decisions about investing in ESG products," ...

FSC calls for scaled advice model

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... that an independent review of the program could be held part-way through the trail period as an additional consumer safeguard. This would help determine whether the advice provided as part of the program was helping clients better manage their financial ...