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Insurer awards $80m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... recommended two-year investment period through investments in fixed income and currency markets. It recently created an Aussie dollar share class. H2O Asset Management chief executive Bruno Crastes said: "The share class was created for Australian wholesale ...

Putting a price tag on clean investing

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
Pension funds and asset managers are among those who could create $20 trillion in new wealth if the world economy transitions to zero carbon and zero waste policies, according to new research. Professor Martina Linnenluecke, who leads Macquarie University's ...

FTSE Russell expands ESG research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... the developed index, which according to the firm will increase green certification by 63% and drop carbon emissions per dollar of revenue by 40%.

Chief economist update: A prelude to a rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... Were it not for the RBA's forward guidance the "next move in interest rate is likely up than down," the Australian dollar would have adjusted to a lower level than it currently is... and thereby, act as a shock absorber to the global shocks buffeting ...

For-profit lobbying leads to $53bn problem: AIST

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees believes carve-outs in superannuation reform designed to benefit the for-profit super sector are posing big problems for Australia's retirement system. Latest research from the AIST and UTS corporate ...

Chief economist update: RBA more likely to cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... down to 1.9% in the September quarter (from 2.1) - the sharp decline in oil prices and slight increase in the Australian dollar would further damp inflation pressures going forward. In its November statement, the RBA printed that: "Business conditions ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street in drunken sailor's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... rates) and the ECB has already stated that it would end QE by the end of this year. The Fed's actions have lifted the US dollar that, in turn, is draining liquidity from other markets (mainly, emerging ones including China) as well as making it harder ...

Rice Warner warns against culling value-based advice fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
Rice Warner is warning against a departure from value or volume-based advice fees. The researcher is concerned a potential move to fee for service - where fees are expressed entirely in dollars and not as a percentage of assets - will lead to reduced ...

Royal Commission: ASIC rethinks negotiation tactics

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
ASIC chair James Shipton has admitted the corporate regulator was too reliant on negotiating resolutions with financial services firms and flagged litigation could take precedence, the Royal Commission heard. Shipton told counsel assisting Rowena Orr ...

Chief economist update: Predictions allude to frozen RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... Trade growth and investment have been slackening on the back of tariff hikes. Higher interest rates and an appreciating US dollar have resulted in an outflow of capital from emerging economies and are weakening their currencies. Monetary and fiscal stimulus ...