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Chief economist update: The vaccine has landed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... that, "This is a historic day for Australia... This vaccination program launches us down our path out of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021," adding that, "Today is the beginning of a big game changer, there's no doubt about that. Its successful rollout ...

Asset managers move to ESG

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... Asia Pacific region boosted their environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows. MSCI's 2021 Global Institutional Investor Survey showed the pandemic sparked 79% of APAC investors to increase ...

Chief economist update: Australia's not jobless recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... that: "Nationally, employment was only 59,000 people lower than March 2020, having fallen by 872,000 people early in the pandemic." Wait, there's more! The details of the report indicate better underpinning for the labour market and the economy. ...

Limited advice overdue for disruption

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... emerging field of unadvised clients falls by the wayside. Many in the latter surfaced at the thick of the coronavirus pandemic. General manager of Link Advice at Link Group Duncan McPherson saw a spike in the number of super fund members seeking help ...

J.P. Morgan dominates custody market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... the rebound to improving market returns. "Looking behind the numbers, there has been continued operational adaption to pandemic impacts that have allowed the industry to remain resilient," he said. During the national lockdown last year, exception processing ...

CFA unveils December exam results

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... firms had either frozen hiring (36%) or commenced downsizing (9%). Exams were held in specific locations because of the pandemic. Last December, the CFA Institute administered the tests in 170 test centres in 91 cities. CFA institute president and chief ...

Chief economist update: Patience is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... April 2020 to 6.3% by January this year, it's still way above the 50-year low 3.5% that prevailed before the COVID-19 pandemic and even then, US inflation measures barely reached the Fed's 2% inflation target. Here are the annual inflation averages ...

Woodford flags comeback

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... resourced and is progressing, though there has been some impact on accessing certain documents and witnesses during the pandemic. It is important to note that any comment about the scope of this ongoing investigation is purely speculation; we have not ...

Citi names client director from within

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... retail bank's fixed income assets under management grew 30% and overall investment transactions jumped 10% despite the pandemic. Citi Australia head of banking and wealth management distribution Gofran Chowdhury said Liu will be an asset to the team ...

Chief economist update: Amber alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... year, US equities have rocketed higher and higher to new highs. The S&P 500 index has risen by 75.8% to date from the pandemic-induced sell-off last March. The DJIA's up 69.2% over the same period with the Nasdaq composite index and the Russell 2000 ...