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BlackRock wakes up to climate change

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... financial sector had been slow to take notice of climate change. "Last September, when millions of people took to the streets to demand action on climate change, many of them emphasised the significant and lasting impact that it will have on economic ...

APRA releases MySuper heat map

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... said. "Imagine if Australia's education system was ranked third best globally, people would be celebrating in the streets." Industry Super Australia welcomed the heat map as a new tool to help deal with underperformance, but took issue with APRA's ...

Chief economist update: This land is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
Five months and one day. This is the latest count since Hong Kongers started marching on the streets of China's Special Administrative Region (SAR) - on March 31 - protesting the withdrawal of the extradition bill proposed by China's "hand-picked" ...

Chief economist update: A case for optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... interest rates and a recovering housing market, one would think all Australians should have every reason to dance on the streets. Australians, all, should be dancing on the streets to Jimmy Cliff's classic song for now. Borrowing costs are lower ...

Industry funds could solve energy crisis: ISA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... super system is invested in infrastructure. Not-for-profit funds are responsible for roughly 87% of those allocations, streets ahead of their retail counterparts. Industry funds alone contribute about $61 billion. However, Anthony said industry funds ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street in drunken sailor's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... carefully selected by experts." This random walk in US equities has been likened to a "drunken sailor" wandering down the streets. But we have gotten more sophisticated now. Yesterday's up move and today's fall could both be explained. In the ...

How much your advice business will be worth in 2023

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... director Tony Rumble, contested Raftery's claim. "If practices are worth 0.75 times in 2023, there will be blood on the streets," Rumble said. "I was talking to a lawyer who said 0.5 but I think it is going to be one or more like two times." The panel ...

Chief economist update: Trump's beggar thy neighbour policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... The time before US President Donald Trump would have had consumers, businesses and investors everywhere dancing in the streets and singing hallelujah. This is due to the rationale that the US economy's revving engines would haul the rest of us up ...

Finance sector in top three for giving: Report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... Miles said interest in corporate generosity was on the rise. "From the boardroom to the battler, from the suits to the streets - there is a clear and growing need and responsibility for the companies around us to give back to the communities they operate ...

Chief economist update: ECB cannot be any clearer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
... the March quarter of 2011. While the ECB kept policy unchanged in its June meeting, it laid down a clear roadmap of its streets, highways and by-ways (including unexpected potholes): "First, as regards non-standard monetary policy measures, the Governing ...