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Chief economist update: Victoria's victory

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
... restrictions worked and brought daily new cases down to zero. Freedom! Because of this Andrews announced significant easing of social restrictions and lockdown rules starting at one minute before the stroke of midnight on October 27. Freedom! From this ...

Chief economist update: A V, a W and an L

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... October confirmed current concerns over the second wave in the region and the consequent re-imposition of restrictions to social and business activity. The composite PMI dropped back into contraction territory -- to a reading of 49.4 in October of 2020 ...

Chief economist update: The UK's new plan... after two plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... meetings with persons from different households were eased; June 15 - re-opening of "non-essential" businesses; July 4 - social distancing gap lowered from two metres to one "to allow businesses to be able to reopen". The relaxation of restrictions in ...

Aware Super shakes up SRI option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... to remove organisations that don't meet ESG standards. "Our members are increasingly telling us that environmental, social and governance issues are extremely important to them. Nearly 80% of our members have told us that responsible investing is ...

ClearView seeks to raise at least $40m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... COVID-19 impacts will further drive a decline in income protection claims form the secondary impacts of the pandemic, such as social and health challenges. ClearView said it has acted swiftly to address the challenges presented by deteriorating industry ...

Chief economist update: Japan's second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... global economy appears to have seen the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. Many governments had eased/lifted lockdown and social restrictions, re-starting business activity. Japan, itself, has lifted the "state of emergency" on May 25 - a month and a ...

LaSalle joins 2050 club

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... part in a two year task force on climate related financial disclosures pilot project. "The success of this environmental, social and governance (ESG) integration has seen the business refocus its sustainability program, using this positive momentum to ...

Chief economist update: Middle Kingdom on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... the 24.5% drop recorded in February this year. The strengthening in China's economy is hardly surprising given that social and business activity has returned to (near) normal. Now less wary of getting infected, Chinese consumers are back shopping ...

Morphic co-founder exits

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... MEC. Its chair JoAnna Fisher said in an ASX statement. "MEC will continue to be managed in line with the environmental, social and governance (ESG) charter, supported by James Tayler, head of ESG. Mr Pridham will continue to draw on the investment insight ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 returns to Europe with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... re-imposing national lockdowns. As per Factset, "Mitigation measures from major EU economies largely focused on limiting social mixing and toughening existing restrictions. France, which has become the new hotspot by registering 30K new cases in one ...