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Corporates have a critical role in social, environmental outcomes

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... issues which we believe corporate Australia has a critical role to play in addressing," it said. "We also estimate that the Scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions of the ASX300 are equivalent to approximately one third of Australia's national emissions, highlighting ...

Mainstream expands private equity offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... be administered on Allvue (formerly AltaReturn). Mainstream said it will administer KDBA's Cayman fund in Hong Kong, with scope to extend the solution to other clients in the region. Mainstream head of fund services, Hong Kong, Amber Lo said: "We are ...

Chief economist update: The wages of COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... wages slowed from 2.4% to 2.1%. Better still, as the ABS notes, "...JobKeeper payments to eligible employees falls out of scope of the Wage Price Index". Our employers have done good by us! Well ok, JobKeeper has also helped. This is because without ...

Vanguard funds downgraded by Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... Morningstar noted the low cost (all charge an ICR of 0.29% p.a.) of the funds. However, it said the strategies had limited scope to beat the category benchmark, which meant it had lost points on the "Process Pillar" rating in the latest review. "Vanguard ...

Chief economist update: Gold 2000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... prices. Then again, the yellow metal's sharp rally has put it at overbought levels. Fundamentally, there is very limited scope for interest rates to decline further and that inflation fears are unjustified given the longer-lasting negative impact ...

NULIS calls for clearer regulatory definitions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... enhance its intra-fund advice offering and the channels through which it is delivered. "Clearer regulatory definition of the scope of intra-fund advice with a clear distinction between general advice and comprehensive personal advice would support enhanced ...

Fund manager outflows spread into June quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... "MFG's performance and flows continue to drive its premium multiple, but at ~25x 1yr forward P/E, 52% above peers, we see scope for the relative value premium to unwind and downgrade to Underperform." Its current order of preferences for the sector ...

US considers restricting ESG in pensions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
The US Department of Labor (DOL) is considering imposing strict rules on how pension funds invest, which could see the scope for ethical and responsible investing limited. The DOL has proposed an amendment to the Employee Retirement Income Security ...

JobKeeper, JobSeeker to be extended

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... "Over 900,000 Australians being paid more on JobKeeper than they were before from a single employer," Morrison said. "The scope of that needs to be diminished." The Prime Minister stressed that the JobKeeper and JobSeeker schemes were never meant to ...

Australia lagging on robo-advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... customers - have led the way for robo offerings locally, ensuring hope for budding robo providers. "There is significant scope for growth with 38% of Australian online investors considering using robo-advice in the future," Peker said. "The recent launch ...