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Vanguard, Fidelity, BetaShares rank low on ESG: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
New research from Morningstar has attempted to wade through the greenwashing in funds management based on managers' overall commitment - with some surprising results. The research looked at more than 100 strategies and 40 asset managers to provide ...

Pan-Asian equities to perform well: Longlead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... can improve sustainability and support productivity. "The importance of this for Asian equities in 2021 is that Asia is central to the supply chains in each of these industries."

Elanor sells mall for $130m

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... Property Group, which is nearly double of its purchase price from five years ago. ERF sold 100% of its interest in Auburn Central, a shopping mall in Western Sydney, which was acquired for about $68 million in 2015. In 2016, the mall was independently ...

Chief economist update: A vaccine and a better vaccine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... low. Similarly, the S&P 500 index has soared by 65.5% from March. Just last week, US Fed chair Jerome Powell told fellow central bankers at the annual ECB Forum on Central Banking that: "The vaccine is certainly good and welcome news for the medium term ...

Chief economist update: Japan's third wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
More infections equals more monetary policy easing and more fiscal spending. Like the Fed and the European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) also kept monetary policy unchanged - target rate at -0.1% and target for the 10-year Japanese government ...

Mercer launches climate-transition tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... climate risk, in their endeavor to meet return objectives while staying on target for a net-zero outcome," Birgden said. Central to the assessment process which draws from multiple data sources is the capacity to align to a 1.5C global warming target ...

Chief economist update: We're not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
"Curb your enthusiasm" was the overriding message from the world's top three central bankers at the annual ECB Forum on Central Banking 2020, held online on November 11-12. The head honchos of the US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and the ...

The hits you don't see hurt the most: Aviva

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... CMS in July 2020, 42% are pessimistic compared with 31% in 2019 and 24% in 2018. By September 2020, office occupancy in central London had only crept up to 25%. That was prior to the city being plunged into a new lockdown to curb a spike in COVID-19 ...

RBA measures not solely due to COVID: Treasury

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... of households and firms to borrow and invest." Kennedy said that while COVID-19 was certainly he factor that pushed the Central Bank to take the leap of quantitative easing measures, the country was already heading in that direction. "While the academic ...

Chief economist update: More money for reimposed lockdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... million of funding for councils to support local public health. The Exchequer's largesse came on the same day the UK central bank expanded QE -- increasing its asset purchase target by a larger-than-expected £150 billion (expectations were for £100 ...