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Evergreen launches stress testing tool

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
Evergreen Consultants has launched a portfolio stress-testing tool within GreenVUE, Evergreen's proprietary portfolio analytics system. GreenVUE will allow financial advisers to visualise their investment portfolio's risk and return characteristics ...

Chief economist update: Disappointing jobs results raise Biden's stimulus bid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
Talk about perfect timing. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) disappointing update on the state of employment in America couldn't have come at a more opportune time - the time when fresh president of the US, Joe Biden, is bidding the Congress ...

Lifecycle products cost members: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
New Rainmaker research has found being a member of a typical lifecycle MySuper product could reduce a person's retirement savings by up to 23% by age 70. The research found that if a member were to stay in a typical lifecycle MySuper product for their ...

Investors unprepared for unexpected events: Study

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
Over 70% of companies are not prepared to detect unexpected events like COVID-19, according to a survey of over 400 global risk and compliance decision makers. The study by Dataminr found that only 29% of firms felt confident they have the technology ...

Bezos steps down at Amazon

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
Jeff Bezos will step down as chief executive later this year, transitioning to the role of executive chair. Announced in Amazon's full year 2020 results, chief executive of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Andy Jassy will take over as chief executive in Q3 ...

Your Future, Your Super on APRA to-do list

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
The government's Your Future, Your Super reforms is one of the prudential regulator's priorities for 2021. The controversial superannuation reforms have been listed as a key policy priority for APRA this year as it prepares to support the reforms' implementation. ...

Billionaires profit from pandemic: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
The nation's wealthiest saw their fortunes increase by nearly $85 billion during the COVID-19 pandemic, a global survey highlighting the widening income-inequity gap shows. Thirty-one Australian billionaires saw their bank balances swell between March ...

Chief economist update: Taper talks are premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
A new year, a new administration but its same old, same old for the US Federal Reserve. As expected and in a unanimous decision, the Fed confirmed: "The Committee decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at zero to 0.25% and expects ...

BlackRock reinforces commitment to ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
BlackRock will push companies to disclose plans for their transition to a net-zero carbon economy, chief executive Larry Fink stated in his annual letter to company leaders. Fink's annual letter to chief executives sets the engagement agenda for the ...

International investors eye Aussie market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
Investors from North America and Europe have said Australia is the investment location of choice in the Asia Pacific region, according to research from Anrev. The annual investment intentions survey found the majority of global institutional investors ...