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US, UK hike interest rates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... Monetary Policy Committee said the invasion of Ukraine by Russia has led to further large increases in energy and other commodity prices including food prices. It acknowledged the war was also likely to exacerbate global supply chain disruptions and ...

Learn to live with inflation: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... bullish from a growth standpoint. "COVID is now in our rear vision mirror," Vardy said. "We've got support from strong commodity prices and energy in general now, which we expect to remain strong. And this is all underpinned by an RBA who are very ...

Global markets shaken by war

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
... benefit from this however, when it comes to the matter of share prices. Companies whose profits are fuelled by higher commodity prices - like energy companies and gold miners - may outperform, offering something of a hedge to this crisis and volatility," ...

Chief economist: Is this a buy op?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
... for investors everywhere. For one, it complicates central banks' efforts to control inflation. Never mind other commodity prices, the price of crude oil has shot up on the back of the Russian adventure. Brent oil US$104.99 per barrel - up 8.42% on ...

Allan Gray Australia reduces fees

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... decreases on offer from the fund manager. Allan Gray head of product Deborah Barr said that the platform is seen as a commodity product, "which is priced as low as we can offer it today". "We believe that over the long term, wealth is created through ...

Risk, compliance salaries soar: Data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
A shallow talent pool means risk and compliance professionals are a hot commodity in 2022, as data shows entry-level salaries having increased by a whopping 66% since the Royal Commission. According to Kaizen Recruitment, this year continues to see ...

Global dividend income growth to continue: Plato

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
... significant strengthening of dividends from the global materials, consumer discretionary and financials sectors. "Booming commodity prices earlier in the year helped strengthen balance sheets for materials companies and resulted in a substantial increase ...

Regal Funds Management takes stake in Attunga Capital

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... Funds Management (Regal) has today announced the acquisition of a 51% equity stake in leading power and environmental commodity asset manager Attunga Capital. Founded in 2005, Attunga Capital is the trustee and manager of the Attunga Power and Enviro ...

BT Practice Principals' Community goes independent

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
... to part ways in the new post-Royal Commission, once it became clear adviser independence was becoming a highly valued commodity. The BT Community had 134 members (authorising over 1300 advisers with over $50 billion funds under advice). Costas confirmed ...

Aussie dividends recover losses

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
... "Given Australia's dividends are necessarily more concentrated in mining and financials than its global peers, high commodity prices and the removal of dividend limits from banking stocks have supercharged its Q3 performance," Janus Henderson client ...