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COVID-19 will bite into credit ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... interest of a healthier tomorrow. Take your pick. Die now or accept "big brother's" invasion of privacy, reduction in human rights, limiting social interaction and/or business operations - at least until infection rates are brought under control. ...

Markets react as antiviral drug disappoints

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
News that a highly anticipated antiviral drug hoped to treat COVID-19 had flopped in human trials saw markets fall overnight. Originally reported by the Financial Times, the publisher said Gilead Sciences antiviral drug remdesivir did not reduce the ...

Has COVID-19 solved the advice problem?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... out of advice, this can bring advice to the masses, that's the exciting thing. And not advice by a machine, advice by a human being augmented by these great technologies," Dillon told Financial Standard. "If you don't combine it with a human, it will ...

Why COVID-19 could boost ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
As the world celebrates Earth Day today,the environmentally conscious in the investment industry have said COVID-19 could be the crisis that causes us to take climate change more seriously. Calvert Research president and chief executive John Streur ...

Adequacy argument headlines online CMSF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... pandemic was impacting the ability of super funds to engage and advise members. "Social distancing is leading to the loss of human contact and face to face interactions, and they're being replace by phone and video mediums," she said. "In a world where ...

Advisers adapt as crisis unfolds

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... pandemic has left in its wake, the environment, albeit dark, has highlighted the value of Australia's advice industry. The human element of advice; the ability to connect with someone, empathise with him or her and marry this with a solution, has never ...

A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... medicines, funds, etc.) in a timely fashion to those who need it most, requires coordination within and across countries- it is a human crisis not just an economic one." It comes after the IMF downgraded its forecasts for global growth this year, with ...

VFMC confirms new chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... permanent basis. Carr took on the role on an interim basis before Hayes left, joining VFMC from Vanguard where she was head of human resources and, previously, head of enterprise risk management. She has also previously held senior risk roles with AXA ...

Chief economist update: Great Scott! Mighty Mo to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... last embers of the bushfires were extinguished: "The surplus is of no focus for me whatsoever. What matters to me is the human cost and meeting whatever cost we need to meet." That cost has increased after the Morrison government's announcement of ...

FEW launches Livestream series

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... said: "In times of uncertainty it is more important than ever that leadership is visible, communication is constant and human connection is the priority." "FEW Connect is an important way for us to heighten that sense of communication with our community ...