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Carbon footpath important, not footprint: AXA

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
The multi-asset manager has warned of the effects of climate change on investor's portfolios, urging them to assess a company's "carbon footpath" over eliminating polluters altogether. AXA Investment Managers found that listed companies are responsible ...

Chief economist update: Aussie employment rises... but so does our unemployment rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... about projects with really long-term pay-offs." That is, low interest rates would compensate for the increased risk. The problem is, as ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott, pointed out in the same month and using the ANZ's experience, the bank still ...

Chief economist update: Working nine to five, barely getting by

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... in June, July and October - indicating that both monetary and fiscal policies have still to get ahead of the curve. The problem for the RBA is that the more it cut rates, the greater the sense that "something's really, truly wrong with the economy" ...

The sick short: Banking big on the coronavirus

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... deaths outside of China. More than 73,332 people have been infected by the virus globally. As the saying goes, in every problem there is opportunity. IG market analyst Kyle Rodda told Financial Standard that he had seen an increase in short interest ...

What SMSFs will look like in 2030

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... trustee the hardest thing they have to do is keep up with regulation. That's crazy." He had harsh words for ASIC too. "My problem with ASIC is that they've never addressed the issue that old people are vulnerable and old people read the Sunday newspaper ...

Industry butt heads over super guarantee

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
Superannuation industry professionals are going head to head over Australia's super guarantee system, yet all agree it's time for an upheaval. In a submission to the Treasury's Retirement Income Review Panel, the Actuaries Institute called for universal ...

Product provider makes big FASEA promise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... inducement to act in a way that isn't in the client's best interest," Lonsec said. Haynes said Lonsec is offering to solve this problem by acquiring the investment management rights from existing portfolios to manage the investment process on behalf ...

Problems persist with PYSP communication: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
ASIC said that common problems have been persistent in its review of superannuation trustees' PYSP communication with members, with some trustees failing to present facts and instead focusing on member and insurance retention. The regulator launched ...

Chief economist update: Lowe puts Australia on high

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
Drought, bushfires, coronavirus are among the risks Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe nominated when he testified before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics on the February 7. One day later, and Lowe would have ...

Not the time for long-term decisions: Baur

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
This year is not the time for investors to make bold, long-term calls, according to Principal Global Investors' Bob Baur. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney this morning, Principal Global Investors executive director ...