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Chief economist update: Fed acts with inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... of the economy will depend greatly on the measures taken to control the spread of COVID-19. "The ongoing public health crisis will continue to weigh on economic activity, employment, and inflation in the near term, and poses considerable risks to the ...

Australia in China's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... Chinese economy - they would have been lifting us up just as the Chinese economy's strength did during the global financial crisis of a decade earlier. And improve, China indicators continue to do. Latest data show the annual growth in Chinese retail ...

Chief economist update: China turns crisis into opportunity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... incorrect by Sinologists, this quotation attributed to John F. Kennedy regained prominence during the Global Financial Crisis. Lost in translation or not, it appears that China is once again turning the coronavirus crisis into an opportunity. Makes you ...

Chief economist update: Greed is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... changers. In the meantime, Wall Street's back to the bad news is good news meme witnessed during the Global Financial Crisis. The bad-er economic news gets, the good-er would be policy responses from Capitol Hill and the Fed. Greed must really be ...

Finance is least ethical sector: Governance Institute

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... Australia is still recovering from the banking royal commission and other scandals, and the media is suffering the same crisis of legitimacy here as overseas," she said. The education industry is perceived as the most ethical at 76% with the health industry ...

Labor, unions, industry funds seethe

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... workers of the best and healthiest years of their retirement, including workers who have performed essential work during the crisis."

COVID-19 to remain dominant in 2021

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... that will impact portfolios in its annual Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions. "In the immediate aftermath of an acute crisis, it can be difficult to look beyond the current news flow and think about the long term," JPMAM said. "But with the global ...

Fund managers' ESG beef

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... of which declare emissions or have targets to reduce them. "As we look to rebuild economies in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, institutional investors have an opportunity to use their influence as responsible stewards of capital to ensure that corporate ...

Emotions lead to losses: Oxford Risk

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... loaded to the beginning of the client relationship to keep up with rapidly changing client circumstances at scale during a crisis." He explained the understanding of a client's financial personality is generally based on risk profiling and very few wealth ...

The hits you don't see hurt the most: Aviva

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... Assets chief investment officer Mark Versey said. "Making accurate forecasts about the consequences of a sudden, unexpected crisis is, of course, far easier said than done. Conversations about the demise of the high street began to blur into discussions ...