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Barrenjoey Capital hires from FIIG

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... replacement. With FIIG for just over three years, Kulkarni has over 15 years' experience in funds management and banking industries across investment and risk management and has held a number of senior positions in the financial services industry. Prior ...

Chief economist update: Letter V going viral in Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... May 2019 - from -4 in the previous month and the record low reading of -66 in March 2020. Confidence improved in most industries except for mining and transport & utilities. Business conditions in the country increased to +1 in October from September's ...

Masters of Business and Empathy aims to improve on MBA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... profitable while remaining impactful and purpose-driven," Havea said. "Value can be created without investing in extractive industries. What's presented in the MBE is not theory, it is evidence based and a curriculum led by a faculty of change makers ...

Super funds overlook VC potential

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... funds should do, he said, is diversify more into small-cap fund managers and venture capital managers to finance growth industries as well as increase benefits to their members. Preqin and the Australian Investment Council estimate the local venture ...

Lion Global partners with local distributor

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and China. More specifically, LOCAF I eyed firms in agriculture, commodities and consumer industries identified as areas with high potential for growth over the long term. According to Lion Global chief executive Gerard ...

Climate change greater threat than COVID: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... more jobs," it said. The report found that over 30% of employed Australians, and over 30% of national income, is in industries exposed to economic disruption and risk from climate change. However, in contrast, delivering net zero by 2050 and consistent ...

Worst investment ideas revealed: ARK

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
The research team behind ARK Invest have released a new 'bad ideas report', revealing the industries they believe investors should avoid. Top of the list of bad ideas was physical bank branches, as the ARK researchers think consumer banking will shift ...

Aware Super shakes up SRI option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... 5% of their revenue from the fossil fuel supply chain and significantly reduces tolerance thresholds on many other industries, including gambling, alcohol, and nuclear power. The new SRI options also have a new screen on live animal exports.

Keep spending and investing: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... out of work in August." Lowe said the heavy burden partly reflects the uneven way the pandemic has affected different industries. "The hospitality industry - in which many young people and women work - has been worst affected, with almost 300,000 job ...

Active portfolios post stellar returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... investing in very different companies. "It depends where the disruption and growth is occurring. It would not invest in industries of the past such as the coal sector, for example," he said. Meanwhile, UniSuper's ethical product, the Global Environmental ...