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Why COVID-19 could boost ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... drawing attention to the needs of the planet and environmental stewardship, Earth Day, since 1970?" Calvert director of corporate engagement John Wilson added that COVID-19 has demonstrated how fragile even large corporate entities can be in times of ...

Chief economist update: Stimulus measures ease extreme fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... renewed downturn on Wall Street. But more than this, it's added to the challenges facing America's economy and its corporate sector. The US labour market has already deteriorated markedly just weeks into its lockdown - 701,000 workers lost their ...

Former ASIC lawyer joins private firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... across a number of legal and policy roles at ASIC from 2009 to 2016. She was most recently principal consultant at Ellis Corporate Governance Consulting and has previously served as special counsel at GRT Lawyers. "Symons is a seasoned financial services ...

Should unused services on AFSLs be subject to ASIC levy?

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... those products, and provide custodial services under the licence guidelines. It had other streams of business including corporate and non-investment management advice. At the time, Peter Dobrijevic, Polymaths' chief executive officer, chief investment ...

Future Fund board members reappointed

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... will ensure the Board continues to benefit from their significant experience and expertise across financial markets, corporate governance and public policy," Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said in a statement. Kay has worked in finance in executive ...

Telstra issues 10-year bond

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... debt issuance program, and will be issued on April 23. Telstra said it would use the funds from the note for general corporate purposes, including pre-funding of future debt maturities. "Since mid-March Telstra has also secured an additional $940 million ...

Australia versus the world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... hazard' issues associated with Fed and ECB 'unconventional' policies." Miller said the build-up in non-financial corporate leverage was the clearest area of potential financial imbalance that developed in the post-GFC cycle. The programs ...

Global markets bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
US stocks ended in a sea of red on Wednesday as bleak economic data and corporate losses shifted what had been an almost eerily optimistic sentiment towards trade over the last few weeks. US markets had made somewhat of a recovery of late, with the ...

ASIC demands compliance despite COVID-19

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
The corporate regulator is warning companies keep their control framework in-line when working from home, after control failures led a betting agency to open a market covering the performance of the S&P/ASX 200 index. ASIC has publicly chided Sportsbet ...

Listed infrastructure mispriced: FSI

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... Greenup said FSI is confident GLI will recover from the impacts of COVID-19. "The post-COVID-19 world will see personal, corporate and government debt burdens significantly higher than before the crisis, GDP recovery will be weak and interest rates will ...