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J.P. Morgan launches ESG integration policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... operations. "Several such ESG regulations are in the consultation phase or have passed in some jurisdictions, including the European Union's action plan on sustainable finance," the paper said. "J.P. Morgan Asset Management is working internally ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 nightmare makes Brexit a dream

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... anniversary of Brexit - the day a referendum was held (and Britons voted in favour of) the United Kingdom leaving the European Union (EU). The uncertainty (horror) of it all sent Sterling's effective exchange rate diving from its 2008 high of 94.7 ...

Mirova chief labels ethical investing pledges hollow

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... global investors signed a letter through the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) calling on European Union leaders to deliver a sustainable response to COVID-19. The letter was signed by Aberdeen Standard, AustralianSuper, Fidelity ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus cures climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... stimulus package following the US$96 million package of emergency funds announced only three days earlier; the European Union plans to launch a €37 billion euro investment initiative, allow flexibility on budget deficits and use €1 billion in funding ...

Chief economist update: The cure for Italy's tourism problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
... Overtourism solved! Then there's that bugbear of a budget deficit the new populist Italian government argued with the European Union about a little over a year ago. Brussels was worried that Italy's big spending promises would put its budget ...

Chief economist update: UK is now Bailey's baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... orderly move, at the beginning of next year, to a deep free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union". "The most recent indicators suggest that global growth has stabilised, reflecting the partial easing of trade tensions and ...

Chief economist update: Brexit - the news that was

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... British members of the European Parliament" and by this time next year, the UK would be completely divorced from the European Union (EU) with, or without, a deal. For sure, the most favourable outcome would be to Brexit with a mutually-beneficial deal. ...

Chief economist update: Three cheers for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... year. Next stop, Brexit. The three and half year uncertainty that is the United Kingdom's divorce from the European Union has become less uncertain following the Conservative Party's, led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, thumping victory at the ...

Chief economist update: Brexit uncertainty is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... has spoken. "My Government's priority has always been to secure the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union on October 31," she has said. Whether her majesty will later come to regret mouthing these words - reportedly ghost written ...

Chief economist update: Germany in the budget's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... times for Deutschland and it calls for desperate measures. It can't do anything anymore about monetary policy, the European Central Bank controls interest rates (currently at zero, it ended QE in December 2018) nor the exchange rate, no more deutschmarks ...