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Chief economist update: The fear of Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... terrible." (Bacon - Francis, not Kevin) Woe to the UK. As 'The Economist' magazine prints, "The impact on the British economy, which is already teetering near recession, could indeed be severe. The government's leaked "Operation Yellowhammer" ...

Pension fund to buy British Steel

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
The pension fund for the Turkish army emerged as the preferred bidder for the British Steel, four months after it was forced into liquidation. British Steel granted Ataer Holdings A.S. detailed due diligence in mid-August ahead of a full sale. Ataer ...

Tasplan recruits new chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
... Management, Victorian Funds Management Corporation and Prudential Portfolio Managers. He was also the investment manager for the British Gas pension funds in London before emigrating to Australia. Tasplan is currently in talks with MTAA Super to merge ...

BetaShares launches FTSE 100 ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... track the market cap weighted FTSE 100 Index. The management costs are 0.45%. The fund's assets are denominated in British Pounds and hence, the AUD value of the assets will increase or decrease with exchange rate fluctuations, according to the product ...

Impact investing under threat

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... of impact-washing throughout his career. "There was one fund - and I won't name names - which had Exxon in it and British American Tobacco in it. It's difficult to understand how those companies could be in an impact fund by the traditional meaning ...

Chief economist update: BOE lets peers do the heavy lifting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... like the Fed and the Bank of Japan, it offered an opposing forward guidance to the future path of UK interest rates. The British central bank admitted in its June statement that: "Trade concerns have contributed to volatility in global equity prices ...

British MPs prod own pension fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
UK members of parliament have backed a call to offload any fossil fuel investments held in the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund. More than 240 serving and former MPs have signed the 'Divest Parliament' pledge, calling on the fund's trustees to ...

Chief economist update: Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst of Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... policy response to Brexit, whatever form it takes, will not be automatic and could be in either direction," it said. The British central bank may have to wait a while longer, for despite three votes (so far), UK prime minister Theresa May's offer ...

Chief economist update: Breaking up is hard to do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... GDP growth has slowed but which G7 economy hasn't over the past year? Not only that, data shows that as Q4 2018, the British economy has grown faster than all of its G7 peers -- Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Canada - except for the US. The FTSE-100 ...

Hermes inks local ESG partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
The British investment management giant has signed an agreement to share its ESG expertise with an Australian body for asset owners. Hermes Investment Management's stewardship business (EOS) will share engagement insights about Australian and global ...