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ESG push not going anywhere

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... responsible for ESG. EY Asia Pacific wealth and asset management leader Elliott Shadforth said: "If not for the global pandemic, it's possible that 2020 would have been remembered as the year that ESG dominated headlines within the business and economic ...

Chief economist update: We're not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... don't want to be exuberant about this vaccination." In her introductory speech, Lagarde stated that: "The nature of the pandemic also affects the transmission of monetary policy. In normal times, normally, an easing of financial conditions boost ...

Millions of workers facing financial stress: AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... amplified financial anxiety for 42% of employees who perceive their finances to have been negatively impacted by the pandemic through business and employment disruption. On the flip side, one in 10 Australians, whose employment or business were not impacted ...

Fund managers' ESG beef

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... more urgent than ever." COVID-19 did nothing to help the ESG risks associated with meat and dairy either - rather, the pandemic has highlighted another risk factor. The mainstream theory on the origin of COVID-19 is that it was spread via a wet market ...

HUB24 partners with wealth platform

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... solutions that enable the efficient delivery of advice has been growing for some time and accelerated as a result of the pandemic," he said. HUB24's open architecture approach will integrate with myprosperity beyond investment data feeds to allow advisers ...

Chief economist update: Letter V going viral in Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... outdone. It, too, went back up to 52.7 in October - indicating expansion - the first since August 2018 (long before the pandemic). These surveys were conducted just after the Australian Budget 2020-21 reveal in early October when the Federal Treasury ...

Chief economist update: V for vaccine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... It will be constructed out of compassion, empathy and concern. I will spare no effort - or commitment - to turn this pandemic around." True to his words, that task force was convened on the Monday (November 9) straight after his Saturday victory. As ...

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

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... things at the same time, or are silent. It added that the real estate world had been anticipating a slowdown prior to the pandemic. Among the few winners from the pandemic have been investors with assets on long or index-linked leases, or who have provided ...

Financial services complaints rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... said. Additionally, Locke said the ombudsman worked hard to assist as best as it could upon the outbreak at the COVID-19 pandemic and worked with industry and regulators to support those with financial disputes. "The coronavirus pandemic is one of the ...

Chief economist update: Biden cooks Donald's duck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... It will be constructed out of compassion, empathy and concern. I will spare no effort - or commitment - to turn this pandemic around." Trumpeteers may not like it but Donald could quack like a duck for all he wants but his goose got cooked. "And now ...