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OneVue recoups $4.36m from Sargon

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
OneVue Holdings has sold Sequoia shares which it took control of earlier this month from a Sargon subsidiary. Now, it's scouting buyers for Madison Financial Group. The Sequoia shares fetched OneVue net proceeds of $4.36 million (or about 18 cents a ...

The sick short: Banking big on the coronavirus

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
With the coronavirus, now dubbed COVID-19, impacting not only many lives, but now also the bottom line of some of the world's biggest companies, investors are chasing shorting opportunities to bank big on the pandemic. According to the World Health ...

Bleak year for dividend growth in Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
As the world surged to a record-year in dividend payouts, Australian companies swam in the other direction and hit 2015 levels, according to Janus Henderson's global dividend index. In all, listed companies across the world paid $1.43 trillion in dividends ...

Global index creates new ESG role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
FTSE Russell has announced a new head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific, in a newly-created role. Helena Fung will take on the role, being responsible for FTSE Russell's sustainable investment indexes and data services across the Asia Pacific ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana... and repeat the past, Japan did. Preliminary estimates show that the economy contracted by 1.6% in the last quarter of 2019 following a 0.1% growth (if you could call ...

Analyst views on ESG swing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
The Fidelity International Analyst Survey has revealed surprising sentiment around ESG, with 90% of analysts reporting some or all the companies they cover are focussed on ESG. In 2019, 31% of analysts surveyed said most companies they cover were stepping ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
With a covid here, and a covid there, everywhere a covid, even old MacDonald (who had a farm) will get sick reading, hearing and listening to stories and warnings over escalating infection numbers... E-I-E-I-O. COVID-19 has captured the world's ...

Coronavirus to infect Q2: Capital Group

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
The economic impact of the coronavirus has been grossly underestimated, with jolts likely to be felt well into the second quarter. That's according to Capital Group economist Stephen Green, in a speech televised to attendees at the recent Financial ...

CalPERS investment lead targeted by Congressman

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
A US congressman has called for the chief investment officer of America's largest pension fund to be fired. In a series of tweets and interviews, Indiana Congressman Jim Banks has urged for the sacking of CalPERS chief investment officer Yu Ben Meng ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
The 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 ...