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Fintechs to play vital ESG role: AXA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... measure the impact of temperature change due to climate change on portfolios. "Part of what we have to do under law in the French markets is answer what we are doing about climate change, under the two degree agreement that came out of the Paris accords," ...

NZ$5 trillion investor group supports Christchurch Call

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... major tech companies and governments, the Christchurch Call was launched by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron. The Christchurch Call outlines voluntary commitments that governments and online service providers ...

Frontier Advisors builds investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... research expertise are real estate, transport, logistics, oil and gas and logistics across MENA. She has a CFA and speaks French and Arabic. James Kosmatos was most recently a senior consultant in the PWC Wealth team with responsibilities across research ...

AMP Capital hires award-winning stock picker

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... multinational energy providers. Prior to this he was a Credit Suisse vice-president on the utilities research team, covering French utilities companies. In both these roles, he won the StarMine awards. While working at Credit Suisse, he was the best ...

Chief economist update: Emerging markets feel the heat as Turkey burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... assets." Digging deeper, an article on uk.lalalay.com reveals that: "Spanish banks are owed $83.3bn by Turkish borrowers, French banks are owed $38.4bn and Italian lenders $17bn in a mix of local and foreign currencies." Deeper still, below is the list ...

Chief economist update: Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... interference is going against the prescriptions of the economic principle termed "laissez faire". Google translates this French phrase as "let do"; my ECO 101 teacher says it's "let it be" (which is more apropos, but he's not French). In a nutshell ...

Chief economist update: Malcolm puts agricuture in the middle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... names as feta, parmesan and prosecco, or bearing the Italian flag colours of red, white and green on their packaging. The French are the most stubborn about access for agriculture." (AFR) This comes at a time when the Australian Bureau of Agricultural ...

Industry leaders join Prospa board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
... at BNP Paribas in the UK, and chief executive officer and managing director of the Australia and New Zealand arm of the French bank. Pemberton also previously held roles at Macquarie Bank as group chief information officer and financial services group ...

French giant intensifies action on global warming

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
One of Europe's biggest banks is calling on the world's influential financial sector to lead the transition to a low-carbon economy. BNP Paribas chief executive Jean-Laurent Bonnafe said that as the engine of the economy that brings individuals, investors ...

Goals-based strategies valuable for retirees: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... study shows. Most retirement investment solutions are failing to meet the needs of future retirees, according to a study by French business school EDHEC-Risk Institute. The solutions tend to focus on achieving minimum levels of replacement income or ...