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COVID-19 spurs proactive investing: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... investors, according to a global comparison. Calastone's survey of 1800 retail investors from Australia, UK, USA, Germany, Hong Kong, and New Zealand found the majority are not confident about their ability to manage their investments and constantly ...

Healthcare dominates impact investing: American Century

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... Century Investments latest study reveals the disparity of responses from investors in the United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Around a third of investors in the US and UK specified healthcare/diseases prevention and cures as the cause that matters ...

Chief economist update: Europe, we have a problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
... cases of infections to date have risen by 644% in France since the end of June; by 320% in Spain; 224% in the UK; 139% in Germany; and, 135% in Italy. No prizes for guessing but the consequent tightening of restrictions would -- just as they have in ...

Australia among strongest on governance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... group of countries with both strong practices and strong rules. Australia's peers in this group were Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, the US and UK. The 10 governance factors Calvert looked at included accounting ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... registering 30K new cases in one day, declared a state of emergency with night time curfews in Paris and eight other cities. Germany also toughened rules on gatherings and curfews for bars and restaurants," it reads. "The UK's tiered mitigation system ...

Westpac puts Australia on bad banking leaderboard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
Global banks have paid out around US$10.5 billion in fines so far this year, with Westpac taking out third place thanks to the AUSTRAC scandal. The research, provided by Finbold, listed the top 10 biggest fines paid by global banks with US institutions ...

Chief economist update: Get shorty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... offers better returns. Chinese 10-year bonds currently yields around 3.23%. This compares with 0.78% for the US; -0.54% in Germany; 0.03% in Japan; 0.28% in the UK; and 0.85% in Australia. On top of these all, PBOC governor Yi Gang is taking a prudent ...

GMO launches global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... Geographically, 83% of its holdings are from United States, followed by 4.1% in United Kingdom, 3.6% in Switzerland, 3.5% in Germany and 2.8% in Taiwan. The biggest sectors were IT (about 36% of the portfolio), health care (24.3%) and communication services ...

Australia world class in retirement wellbeing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... retirement security comprised, in order, Iceland, Switzerland, Norway, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Canada, Denmark and Germany. This year, the GRI shows the impact of the pandemic on current and future retirees with interest rates falling across ...

AMP Capital buys digital infrastructure firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... network throughout Mayfair and Belgravia. VX Fiber is currently targeting opportunities in the UK, Belgium, Austria and Germany. Mikael Sandberg, chair of VX Fiber, said full fibre and open access are the two main trends in the telecom industry today. ...