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Chief economist update: East and west at crossroads

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
China has continued to tighten the screws on Australia after formally banning the importation of Australian coal. The reason, or reasons, are immaterial. Beijing could dig up a number of justifications for its most recent diktat the same way it did ...

Chief economist update: ECB expands PEPP

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... to the downside". The last paragraph of the ECB's December policy statement provide a synopsis into its current assessment and guidance as to its future policy direction. "The monetary policy measures taken today will contribute to preserving favourable ...

PPS Mutual transforms underwriting process

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... members to complete a financial questionnaire. Instead, it will request information that is only relevant to the risk assessment. PPS Mutual head of underwriting and claims management Marcello Bertasso said the rising costs of assessments impacted the ...

Data letting ESG down: BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... analytics was what was holding them back. This was consistent across all regions. "I think that the quality of ESG assessment companies and the assessment of their sustainability will become more sophisticated and it will converge on a commonly understood ...

Robeco launches credit income fund in Australia

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... credit strategy that selects opportunities from investment grade to emerging market credits and applies Robeco's SDG assessment framework in screening companies that contribute positively to the goals. The fund was established in 2018 aims to provide ...

Qualitas readies new fund with GURNER

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... had typically generated too much stock for build-to-rent to be an effective asset class," Gurner said. "That was our assessment of the market at the time and I still believe it was the right assessment. "But we are now facing vastly different conditions ...

AAT refuses Allegra AFSL

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... the applicant if a licence was granted. "The character of these persons remains a critical aspect of ASIC's licensing assessment," Press said. Allegra has 28 days to appeal the AAT's decision to the Federal Court of Australia on a question of law.

Climate change-focused fund introduced

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
Aviva Investors has launched a climate-change related fund that tilts towards companies transitioning to a low carbon economy. The Aviva Investors Climate Transition Global Equity Fund is benchmarked to outperform the MSCI All Countries World Index ...

JobKeeper saved 700,000 jobs: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... economic downturns in decades. "The Treasury's three-month review of the program used descriptive evidence to make the assessment that JobKeeper has had a material effect," it said. Despite the positive results, the RBA said it is important to note its ...

Mercer launches climate-transition tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... their endeavor to meet return objectives while staying on target for a net-zero outcome," Birgden said. Central to the assessment process which draws from multiple data sources is the capacity to align to a 1.5C global warming target as outlined in the ...