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Chief economist update: A wonderful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... virtuous cycle in the domestic economy whereby rising employment boosts consumer optimism, stimulating spending, lifting company sales and profits, encouraging business spending in plant and machinery and staff and stimulate more hiring. This, in turn ...

Fintechs to merge

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... has entered into a merger agreement to acquire 100% of Comply Path as a wholly owned subsidiary. The payment technology company will complete the transaction as a 100% scrip for scrip offer and upon shareholder approval Comply Path shareholders will ...

Morningstar adds ESG to analysis

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... process. For individual stocks, research analysts will use Sustainalytics' ESG Risk Ratings across 1500 stocks to measure a company's exposure to material risks and evaluate if the risks will materialise which will impact the star rating for stocks.

FactSet nabs MSCI executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... director of client coverage. A spokesperson from FactSet confirmed that David Simpson is retiring after 22 years with the company. Simpson had worked with FactSet since 1998. He was most recently vice president of Asia Pacific. "She will be responsible ...

Former HESTA chair joins Assemble

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... investment. In total, she served on the HESTA board for 20 years. Emslie is also a non-executive director at RGA Reinsurance Company of Australia, State Trustees, Frontier Advisors, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and serves as an expert ...

AMP Capital shutters Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... stewardship. Karin Halliday will assume the role of senior manager, ESG and investment stewardship, responsible for proxy voting, company engagement and research capabilities (including ASX Small Company research). She will be the lead point person for ...

Vatican shakes up financial management

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... Secretariat of State invested tens of millions of dollars into. It appeared to mostly back Hollywood film projects, energy company and tech startups. Italian newspaper Corriere della Serra reported that all Centurion investment funds were held by Banca ...

Climate change reporting is cheap talk: Research

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

Hume scrutinises super fund spend

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... underperformance, complex arrangements and lack of transparency that have gone on for far too long. Similar to an ASX-listed company, super funds are now required to disclose the remuneration of key executives and "highly paid investment managers, in ...

Former Financial Circle director charged

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... investigation. He was charged with three counts of managing a corporation whilst disqualified and one charge of failing to deliver company records in his possession for Wealth & Risk Management, in accordance with directions of the liquidator appointed ...