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Impact investing set to skyrocket: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... and private equity, social impact bonds and more. "Responsible investment has gained mainstream traction in financial markets and the next iteration will require investors to demonstrate the real-world outcomes they are generating through their investments," ...

Mercy Super adds to board

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... independent director to the board of Mercy Super's trustee," the super fund said. "Sandy has 40 years' experience in financial markets, including broking and advisory roles, as well as more than 13 years within the funds management industry." Grant is ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone contraction heads from mild to severe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... budget of €1.1T to bring the total firepower of €1.85T. It will finance the recovery by borrowing on the financial markets... The Commission is proposing new taxes and levies to fund recovery spending." All well and good, every little bit helps. ...

Iress inks bond exchange partnership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... make researching, tracking and trading corporate bonds "as easy as trading shares". Iress managing director financial markets Kirsty Gross said the move was driven by user demand. "We're excited to have built a simpler, more efficient way to access the ...

Chief economist update: Hong Kong is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... control. It would have been straightforward and fait accompli had it not been for the adverse reaction in the financial markets - the Hang Seng index slumped by 5.6% on the day of the pronouncement and the Hong Kong dollar slipped by 1.5% versus the ...

Challenger launches new retirement tool

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... understand how they could work closer with advisers to incorporate the tool into discussions. With COVID-19 shaking financial markets to their core over the last few months, Murphy said retirement income is again in the spotlight. Even though there is ...

Chief economist update: Powell blamed for fall on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... Bostic), Chicago (Charles Evans) and, Minneapolis (Neel Kashkari) - days before. The bottom line is that with financial markets still highly sensitive to what they deem as negative news, markets haven't bottomed out yet.

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... more than 20 million American workers (as of latest count) now without jobs. The same cost-cutting measures financial markets expect companies to implement to shore up profits are the same ones that would raise the unemployment some more, reducing consumer ...

Chief economist update: Annus horribilis with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... uncertain. It will depend critically on the evolution of the pandemic and how governments, households, businesses and financial markets respond." Tell us something we don't already know. Well, what we don't know is how low the BOE could go in ...

Chief economist update: Will emerging markets be first to emerge?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... emerging market currencies remain under pressure against the US dollar and this will persist for as long as financial markets remain volatile. The depreciation in emerging market currencies would compound already ballooning emerging market debt as their ...