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Business confidence, conditions rally: NAB

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
... positive stance. Nevertheless, Oster added: "With businesses running at close to full capacity and unemployment at 3.5%, materials and labour are becoming ever-more expensive, driving prices higher. That cycle is likely to continue until demand starts ...

CPI rises, IMF lowers global outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022
... were also driven by a continuance of high levels of building construction activity combined with ongoing shortages of materials and labour. ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt commented: "Shortages of building supplies and labour, high freight ...

Net zero commitments in ASX200 companies doubles

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
... 55 companies were already carbon neutral or had set carbon neutrality targets which is up from 18 last year. In the materials, energy and utilities, industrials, healthcare, real estate, financials and consumer discretionary sectors, 38 companies integrated ...

Australia's size problem: VanEck

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
... ability to achieve factor efficacy due to their fundamental differences to other sectors, the VanEck research said. "The materials sector is cyclical, earnings and share price movements are primarily attributed to commodity cycle changes opposed to broader ...

Consultation on faith-based products opens

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022
... certify that the product uses a faith-based investment strategy which is disclosed in regulated disclosures and marketing materials as well as provide one or more indices which the regulator could use to assess the product's performance. Where a faith-based ...

First Sentier launches ESG property fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
... operations, such as heating, cooling and lighting, as well the construction and demolition process, such as transport and materials production. First Sentier's global property securities team has developed a proprietary methodology designed to capture ...

Squirrel Super to pay over false property claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
More than 18 months after legal action was launched, Squirrel Super will pay $55,000 for claims made in marketing materials about investing in residential property. The SMSF administrator was found by the Federal Court to have distributed a brochure ...

Investors Mutual, Vaughan Nelson partner

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... "There's just so much more opportunity outside the Australian market which is quite concentrated, about 50% of it is in materials and banks so with exposure to global small caps, you get exposure to a whole range of new sectors, new geography, and ...

Mitsui, Nomura to acquire New Forests

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... central to the transition to a sustainable future. Mitsui's managing officer and chief operating officer, performance materials business unit Hiroshi Kakiuchi said: "Mitsui's investment in New Forests is part of our sustainability strategy to invest ...

Recession-style policy but no recession: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
... ministers, warning about the challenges of delivering on this vision. We've got shortages or high prices for raw materials, challenges in machinery, key inputs, key labour challenges, and challenges simply just managing these contracts." Coming out ...