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Global index creates new ESG role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... increasingly dynamic market." The news comes after FTSE Russell recently expanded its sustainable investment analysis in China and Japan, with around 800 China A securities now included in sustainable investment analysis.

Chief economist update: Japan fails to learn from history (yet again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... the blame on Typhoon Hagibis - which battered the country in October last year - and/or the lingering anxiety over the US-China trade tensions (and the accompanying yen appreciation) over the fourth quarter. These are beyond their control. However, the ...

Analyst views on ESG swing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... said most companies are stepping up ESG efforts. While ESG practices are well established in Europe, 80% of analysts in China reported an increase in ESG emphasis at some or all of their companies in 2020. In 2019 only 63% saw that emphasis and in 2018 ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the trade deal and the AUD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... China's increased heft and greater integration into the world economy. But more to the point, and that point is... the US-China "phase one" trade deal signed on the 15th of January 2020 went into effect a day after heart's day. February 15 marked ...

Coronavirus to infect Q2: Capital Group

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... unknown," he said. "How many people are really affected? How fast is the virus spreading? Is it going to spread outside of China in a very big way? How long will the economy have to be basically shut down?" Green argues that coronavirus infections won't ...

CalPERS investment lead targeted by Congressman

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... https://t.co/SGBWDfnBQS - Jim Banks (@RepJimBanks) February 12, 2020 In a follow-up tweet, Banks said Meng was recruited to work in China through the Thousand Talents Program, which he claimed had been described by the Federal Bureau of Investigation ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 could hit Australia with triple whammy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... same way as a computer virus freezes the computer's operating system, the coronavirus - renamed COVID-19 - has forced China into lockdown and slowed, if not completely frozen, economic activity in the country. But even without the government-mandated ...

Pendal cuts fees on equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... is managed by Pendal's subsidiary J O Hambro Capital Management and invests in EM stocks. Its biggest allocations were to China, India and South Korea, while the biggest stock positions were in Samsung Electronics (9.2% of the portfolio), Tencent (5.5%) ...

Chief economist update: UK is now Bailey's baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... Then again, Carney's job was made difficult by Grexit (just before he was appointed BOE Governor), then Brexit, then US-China trade war, among others... and now, the coronavirus scare. In spite of these, Sterling's effective exchange rate is ...

Chief economist update: Lowe puts Australia on high

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... be worse than the RBA's modelling... and the coronavirus could linger for longer. Not to mention, a restart of the US-China tariff tit-for-tat. These turn of events would obligate the RBA to cut interest rates -- one or two more, it doesn't matter ...