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What does a world with 'zero migration' look like?

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... economies forgoes would-be migrant spending on housing, goods, and services, dampening aggregate demand and weighing on inflation in the early years of the scenario," the report read. "The drag on demand is partly cushioned by the fact that, although ...

'Shockproof' portfolios integrate geopolitical risks: CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... East and other parts of the world, along with macroeconomic factors, such as the reversal of globalisation, volatile inflation and resource scarcity. While this is not necessarily new, Armitage said it is a good reminder for investors that these are ...

ESG implications of the US-Iran conflict

LIZ HARRISON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... lifting oil prices. It is reshaping the environmental, social and governance (ESG) realm through energy security, food inflation, health risks and national preparedness. Echoes of the 1970s: Energy shocks, security and ESG The US-Iran conflict has triggered ...

UK pension insurer enters affordable housing sector

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... provision of social and affordable housing, working alongside local authorities and delivery partners. PIC added long-term, inflation linked cashflows generated will support pension payments to PIC's policyholders. "The UK faces a severe shortage of ...

APRA's climate-related stress tests pose as financial risk

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
... future. In the higher transition risk scenario, the main driver of the widening protection gap is construction cost inflation, impacting the sum insured, and leads to growth in insurance premiums that outpaces growth in household incomes. APRA member ...

CPA calls on government to promote ESG adoption

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... mounting financial pressures. "Australia's productivity growth has stalled, the regulatory burden has increased and inflation remains problematic," Ord said. "The May Budget must turn the announcements from last year's Productivity Roundtable into concrete ...

NGS Super invests in Gresham House global sustainable forestry platform

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... opportunities." Meanwhile, NGS Super chief investment officer Ben Squires said: "Sustainable forestry provides diversification, inflation-linked income and long-term value creation for our members. It also allows us to support climate and biodiversity ...

AusSuper exec finds new gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... Aberdeen Standard Investments as head of Australian macro-fixed income, leading the team responsible for interest rate, inflation, and currency alpha strategies, while actively contributing to credit strategies for Australian fixed income funds. Prior ...

Top Australian CIOs revealed

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... have continued to grow at above average historical levels since the global pandemic, more than outpacing above average inflation in the same period." Rainmaker Information is part of ISS Market Intelligence, publisher of Financial Standard.

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Australia is showing progress with disclosing and adopting its clean energy transition initiatives as investors' demand for credible emissions reduction strategies grows, a study from MSCI shows. Among listed Australian companies analysed in the APAC ...
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