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Eurasia Group (a world leader in political risk analysis), published their Top Risks of 2021 report on 4 January.
In their view, 2021 will overwhelmingly be about economic responses to Covid-19’s lingering effects (debt burdens and misaligned politics), even as vaccines are rolled out and the actual healthcare emergency fades.
ETFs for Christmas – what could your gift be worth in five years?
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Buying the new iPhone for Christmas? How about the new PlayStation 5 for your kids, or a Netflix subscription for the year? If you had invested the cost of these presents in ETFs five years ago, what would be the value of your Christmas gift today?
U.S. election: Three possible scenarios, and ways investors could play them
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With the U.S. Presidential election now less than a week away, many investors are currently considering how the potential result could impact their portfolios. While, as our Chief Economist David Bassanese noted in his U.S. Presidential election preview, markets ultimately learn to live with whomever the U.S.
Where is the money going?
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Chatting to advisers and investors on a daily basis, a question I frequently get asked is: “Where is the money going in ETF-land?”
Given the volatility and uncertainty we have seen in the markets this year, it was interesting to pull the Year to Date (1 Jan 2020 to 30 Sep 2020) flows from the ASX.
A breath of fresh air
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ESG (environmental, social and governance) considerations have been increasing in importance for investors in recent years and have been brought further into focus during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Since the start of the pandemic, the knock-on effects of lockdown, including restricted movements of people and shutdown of industrial activity,
Green bonds for a green future
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The devastation of the Australian bushfires brought the very real effects of climate change to the forefront of investors’ minds. Now more than ever, many investors are looking to put their dollars to work towards a sustainable future.
Many investors will be aware of our three equity-focused ethical equities ETFs: the Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF (ASX: FAIR),
What we learned from Wirecard – does your ethical ETF pass the pub test?
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Late last week, German payments giant Wirecard filed for insolvency, owing creditors almost $5.8 billion. The company’s collapse came a week after its auditor, Ernst and Young (EY), found a massive $3.1 billion hole in its books. EY refused to sign off on the company’s 2019 accounts,
Aligning your morals and your money – can you make a difference?
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One of the few silver linings to the COVID-19 cloud is the benefit to the environment as a byproduct of shutting down the global economy – although many believe that this benefit is likely to be reversed once the crisis is over.
Separately,
Busting some myths on responsible investing
Last month, close to 300,000 Australians gathered at climate change rallies around the country in one of the largest protest events in the nation’s history. Millions turned out in similar rallies in 150 countries around the world. Many of the attendees were school students, some as young as 8 years old,
Profit from your principles
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Responsible investing is on the rise. According to the Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2018 Australia, more than half of all professionally managed assets in Australia fall under a responsible investment umbrella.
In years gone by, conventional wisdom was that acting in accordance with ethical principles involved a trade-off against portfolio returns.