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PC releases Efficiency and Competition Review issues paper

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... refers to as 'principal-agent relationship' risk due to most competition within the superannuation market occurring on the supply side. "Such relationships can give rise to problems if the agent does not have an incentive to act in the best interests ...

US growth stable due to resilient consumer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... low wage underemployed workers coming to the global workforce," he continued. "That was an enormous shock to the labour supply around the world and of course global companies tried to move in to employ those people in manufacturing. So there was a one-time ...

Yellen fedspeaks her mind

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... persistent weakness abroad, exacerbated concerns about the outlook for global growth. These growth concerns, along with strong supply conditions and high inventories, contributed to the recent fall in the prices of oil and other commodities. In turn ...

Financial Synergy makes big play in big data

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... capturing the power of 100% of data; big data, mobility and cloud democratising transformation; self-service; automated digital supply chains; and competitive advantages of big data interrogation. The Acurity platform helps manage more than four billion ...

Australia carbon reporting quality on the rise

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... with 84% of those surveyed reporting on carbon within their own operations, 79% from purchased power and 50% from their supply chain. Only 7% reported on emissions from use and disposal of their services. In this regard, however, Australian companies ...

Not so durable

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... hit after the earlier reported 1.8% drop in industrial production in December and the negative lead from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing index that fell further away from the 50 expansion/contraction line - down to 48.2 in December ...

Drown baby, drown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
... US$28.94/barrel. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecast that production would increase by another 700 bpd before supply/demand equilibrium is reached next year gives meat to Standard Chartered Bank's bearish prediction that crude prices ...

HESTA makes first impact investment in affordable housing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... $6.7 million investment in Horizon Housing, a community housing provider operating in Queensland focused on increasing the supply of social and affordable housing and helping low income earners achieve home ownership. The super fund, which has more than ...

AMP Capital to acquire Nordic infrastructure company

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... Finland, Sweden and Estonia. Some of its services included district heat solutions, regulated gas distribution and the supply of geothermal energy; these are collectively delivered to over 220 businesses throughout its areas of operation. The company ...

Four steps up, four steps down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... the New Zealand economy has softened over 2015, due mainly to lower terms of trade. Combined with increases in the labour supply from strong net immigration, the slowdown has seen an increase in spare capacity and unemployment." "The New Zealand dollar ...