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Moody's adds to CreditView platform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
Moody's has announced that it has enhanced its CreditView platform by adding a wide range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) and climate analysis. Moody's said the expansion is part of its push to deliver an integrated suite of ESG solutions ...

More clarity on life insurance best interest duty needed: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... includes findings, recommendations, and a paper on the framework for a 'reference product' for risk and uncertainty assessment, involved input from over 40 actuaries, and discussions with regulators, Treasury, chief executives, boards, lawyers, consumer ...

Responsible lending laws to be revoked

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... deposit taking institutions (ADI) will continue to comply with APRA's lending standards which comprise of a sound credit assessment and approval criteria. The government will adopt key elements of APRA's ADI lending standards and apply them to non-ADIs. ...

Contango approves new WCM strategy

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... NTA of CIE. "We query why WCM Investment Management, a California-based fund manager who prides itself on a strict assessment of 'culture' in their own investment process, would be so willing to partner with a company that has such a poor management ...

Chief economist update: Zero beyond 2023

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
The US Federal Reserve's new monetary policy framework - lower interest rates for longer or average inflation targeting - (virtually) announced at the August 27 Jackson Hole Symposium is now live. The Fed kept policy settings unchanged at its 15-16 ...

ISPT writes down assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
Industry Super Property Trust has spoken of the substantial devaluations a recent review of its holdings resulted in, as it processes about 1400 requests for rental relief. Appearing before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics ...

Chief economist update: Australian pessimism eases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... be more than outweighed by the clear success they have had in containing the virus". Adding to Bill's optimistic assessment, all of the consumer sentiment index's sub-components increased sharply over the month, with the index for economic conditions ...

Banks to assess loan deferrals

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... with an additional 5000 new or redeployed staff working to ensure customers understand their options." The customer assessment will require customers who are able to resume payments to do so. For those customers who are still in financial hardship, banks ...

Chief economist update: V in US recovery at risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... Index now stands at 84.8 (1985=100), down from 91.7 in July. The Present Situation Index - based on consumers' assessment of current business and labor market conditions - decreased sharply from 95.9 to 84.2. The Expectations Index - based on consumers' ...

ASIC names operations, risk leads

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... employee Warren Day to the newly-created role of chief operating officer after serving as the executive director of assessment and intelligence since January 2019. Prior to his appointment as operations chief in August, Day has worked across several ...