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Markets, economies benefit from eustress: ABDO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... on the absence of "geopolitical wildcards" that include Russia's war in Ukraine entering its third year, Israel's war on Gaza, and the upcoming US elections. Given the macroeconomic environment turbulence over the last four years, it is no surprise that ...

Economists share their top left field ideas for 2024

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... Retirement Trust chief economist Brian Parker said he is optimistic there will be a positive aftermath to what's playing out in Gaza. "People have been writing about events in the Middle East for many years but, rather than taking a pessimistic view ...

Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and 239 taken as hostages. In retaliation, the IDF has killed 30,676 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip - of which 12,040 are infants and children - according to Geneva-based non-profit Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor. ...

Perpetual loses key executive to First Sentier

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023
Perpetual has appointed a new chief operating officer, as the incumbent takes on a new role with First Sentier Investors. Amanda Gazal is leaving Perpetual to take up the post of chief operating officer at First Sentier. Since the start of this year ...

Investors warned on human rights risk in Israel-Hamas conflict

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
... are an ever-present number of armed conflicts globally, and they can escalate with little warning as they have in Israel-Gaza," Parker said. "This event highlights the importance of taking a proactive approach to identifying and managing investment risks ...

Perpetual names planned post-acquisition executive lineup

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022
Perpetual has revealed the notional appointments for its executive committee, who will lead the combined group following completion of its proposed acquisition of Pendal Group (Pendal). Perpetual chief executive and managing director Rob Adams, who ...

Perpetual announces new executive hire

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
Perpetual has announced who will fill a newly created chief operating officer role, hiring from a global asset manager. Amanda Gazal is set to take up the position in April this year, joining the Perpetual team from her role as DWS Group chief operating ...

Goldilocks is back in town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... tits-for-tats, the "humanitarian" trucks toing and froing through the Ukrainian border and the number of missiles fired from and into Gaza, financial markets are back into watching the economic backdrop. And they like what they see. To be sure, Putin ...

Dip-buying pays

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... Hawkins attractive. And then there were three. Geo-political risks remain. People are still killing people in the Ukraine, in Gaza, in Libya, in Syria and in Iraq. This is a wild card for the markets, it also reminds me of Bob Dylan's classic, "... how ...

Arrows and more arrows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... geo-political risk has never left since early March when Russia annexed Crimea or Syria before that (and now we have Iraq (again), Gaza (again) and Libya (again)), the headlines just chose to ignore them when body counts do not go beyond their normal ...
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