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Ethical super could halve carbon footprint

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... making a change could be the fastest and most impactful thing every Australian can do, right now, to help solve the climate crisis." Australian Ethical pointed to the fact that some Australians may not feel that their superannuation can amount to any ...

Fidelity adds new climate, gender policies

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... companies that it invests in to reach 15% to 30% in board gender diversity and to commit to addressing the climate change crisis. Under the new policies, it wants most developed market investees to have at least 30% of board gender diversity and 15% ...

Good year for active managers in fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... 0.30% over the same period. "Most of the outperformance was secured during the period immediately following the COVID-19 crisis, as credit markets stabilised and spreads tightened aggressively," Zenith said in its 2020 AFI review. Zenith said the negative ...

WaveStone co-founder retires

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
... manager. Also in 2014, the fund manager launched the WaveStone Wholesale Australian Share Fund. During the Global Financial Crisis, Allfrey told Financial Standard that like many fund managers WaveStone was hit hard. Challenger's Fidante Partners ...

Chief economist update: The (dot) plot thickens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... significantly on the course of the virus. Progress on vaccinations will likely continue to reduce the effects of the public health crisis on the economy, but risks to the economic outlook remain."

Chief economist update: Anchoring the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... envelope of â,¬1,850 billion until at least the end of March 2022 and, in any case, until it judges that the coronavirus crisis phase is over". Sure, activity and leading economic indicators in the region had significantly improved. So much so, that ...

Chief economist update: Deflated expectations lift deflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... wage negotiations, falling below 2% for the time since 2013 and the slowest pace since the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis". Not only that, Japan's fourth coronavirus wave has prompted mister and missus Miyagi to be more frugal -- BOJ estimated ...

Hostplus holds on to MySuper top spot

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
... noting that the strong post COVID-19 recovery is very similar to the returns rally observed after the Global Financial Crisis (GFC)," the report said. "From November 2009 to May 2010, rolling one-year MySuper returns stayed above 10%, going as high as ...

Government to strengthen FMI

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
... Australia (RBA) previously handed a report to government with recommendations to increase their powers to intervene to manage a crisis and pre-emptively identify and manage risks. FMIs are the entities that enable and facilitate trading in capital markets. ...

State Super rejigs defensives

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... many funds turned to all sorts of instruments inside cash allocations," Livanas said, referring to the Global Financial Crisis. "We are in a similar environment now where cash is not presenting itself with types of returns [it used to]. Unlike other ...