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Chief economist update: The virus, the vaccine and Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... infections and deaths around. Get up on the right side of the bed - which could be the left side - and there's "whispering hope" for those reading and hearing that a vaccine has been found. Eureka! Moderna announced that that its coronavirus vaccine ...

Sequoia reveals strategic plans

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
ASX-listed Sequoia Financial Group has revealed its plans to increase its adviser numbers and licensees to adjust to the shifting landscape of the financial advice industry. At its annual general meeting, Sequoia announced its strategic objective to ...

AustralianSuper net-zero promise flawed: MarketForces

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... companies. Eight of the largest 40 super funds now exclude investment in thermal coal miners like Whitehaven Coal and New Hope Group, according to the group. These are Aware Super, HESTA, UniSuper, Suncorp, NGS Super, Vision Super, Local Government Super ...

Chief economist update: Vaccine optimism sparks AUD resurgence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
The Australian dollar is back! Back above the US$0.73 level that is. The Australian currency rose to around this level back in late-August/early-September after the US Federal Reserve announced a shift into a lower for longer strategy - suggesting that ...

Chief economist update: A vaccine and a better vaccine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... workers, leaving Biden with no other choice but to freeze social and business activity to contain the outbreak. That, or hope and wish and pray that vaccinations become operative in time for Christmas.

Chief economist update: We're not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... forecasts and therefore, the appropriateness of policy responses. "Gradually as we get more news on the vaccine situation I hope that not only will it give it encouragement and hope, it will also start to begin to reduce the level of uncertainty over ...

Masters of Business and Empathy aims to improve on MBA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
A new course has launched, called the Masters of Business and Empathy, which aims to improve on the traditional Master of Business Administration (MBA). Small Giants Academy has launched the course, which they say is the first in the world. "We saw ...

Chief economist update: Biden cooks Donald's duck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... reports, insult enemies and energise his base - all unvarnished by a journalist's interpretation," it wrote. There's now hope. President-elect Biden's victory speech offers a reboot for America - a cleansing of the division, misinformation ...

Rest climate case dismissed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... financial risk that climate change poses to the economy and society, and the role that superfunds have in managing it. I hope it will go some way to catalysing the Australian super fund industry, which, with almost three trillion dollars under management ...

Institutional mandates spring back to life

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
Superannuation funds are starting to appoint external mandates again after a COVID-19-induced lull, says Pinnacle's managing director Ian Macoun. Pinnacle Investment Management raked in $1.7 billion of net inflows from institutional clients in the three ...