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Chief economist update: The power of money (and a cure)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... suffered a big fall - the day US benchmark equity indices closed sharply lower: Dow (6.9%), S&P 500 (5. 9%), Nasdaq (5.3%), Russell 2000 (7.6%). Financial market wire and web services pointed the finger on the Fed's gloomy outlook for the US economy ...

Chief economist update: The second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... night's trading activity all US benchmark equity indices closed sharply lower: Dow (6.9%), S&P 500 (5. 9%), Nasdaq (5.3%), Russell 2000 (7.6%). Financial market wire and web services point the finger on the Fed's gloomy outlook for the US economy ...

Report reveals superficiality of ESG pledges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... supported less than 50% of climate related proposals between 2017 and 2019. Those super funds were AustralianSuper, Cbus, BT, Russell Investments, First State Super, UniSuper and AMP. The Investor Group on Climate Change is a group of 74 institutional ...

Chief economist update: US labour market turns V-shaped

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... 500 gained 2.6% on the day (4.9% on the week); the DJIA rose by 3.2% (6.8%); the Nasdaq went up by 2.1% (3.4%) and the Russell 200 increased by 3.8% (8.1%). For a number of weeks, Wall Street appeared to be buying on hope because of TINA - there is no ...

NowInfinity founders depart following acquisition

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... processes ahead of schedule. Class acquired the platform in January for $25 million; in a move that chief executive Andrew Russell said would expand its role across the professional services ecosystem. Now, as its two founders depart the business for ...

Ignorance isn't bliss in super: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... fund would protect their retirement savings in the event of a market downturn, according to new research coming out of Russell Investments. Surveying more than 3000 Australians in January this year, the global investment firm found that two thirds of ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... Street. For how else is one to explain the rally on 'the wall' - S&P 500 up 1.7%; DJIA up 1.9%; Nasdaq up 1.6%; Russell 2000 up 3.6% -- on the same day that the US Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) released actual non-farm payrolls numbers, underscoring ...

A challenge in a Class of its own

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... further complicate matters, part of NowInfinity's development team is based in the Ukraine. Class chief executive Andrew Russell told Financial Standard the experience of buying a business only for it to end up on the other side of closed borders was ...

Best MySuper products revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... 5% to cash, corporate funds 4%, public sector 6% and retail matched the industry funds with 5%. Hostplus, UniSuper and Russell Investments Master Trust had 0% cash allocations in their MySuper products.

A coronavirus-bitten cat bounce?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... Street overnight. All major US benchmark equity indices rocketed: DJIA by 7.7%; S&P 500 by 7.0%, Nasdaq composite by 7.3%; Russell 2000 by 8.2%. Again, hoping for the best but prepared for the worst. More, here's to wishing that this isn't another ...