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Economist says innovation one small part of growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... positive global factors benefitting Australia in 2016. He said export volume growth will remain solid primarily because of the supply developments in the commodity market and also the benefit of the weaker dollar for things like the tourism market and ...

Listed companies improve ESG approach

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... said. Improvements include more detailed disclosures on companies' approach to climate change risks and managing their supply chains, changes in board composition and better-aligned and more demanding executive pay schemes. During the year to 30 June ...

Oil slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... oil? The equilibrium price of crude - or any commodity for that matter - after all, is driven by the fundamental law of supply and demand. Admittedly in the Middle East these factors entwined with the objectives of nation building and regional politics ...

Spreading the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015

Rusting still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... steel demand - down by 8.7% according to the China Iron & Steel Association (CISA). That's the demand side of the equation. Supply is not providing any support either. As Bloomberg reports, "The biggest producers are still adding output, seeking to lower ...

Board gender diversity further scrutinised by ACSI

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... change appears to be accelerating - which debunks the old argument that sufficiently qualified candidates are in short supply," Davidson said. She said a decision to recommend against a directors' re-election would come where attempts by ACSI to engage ...

FEATURE: Investing in a world on hold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... banks that generate a lot of fee income, rather than margins on lending," he explains. Other themes are the travel industry supply chain, with companies involved in civil airspace continuing to look attractive. From a valuation perspective, "we are seeing ...

Reversal of fortunes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... affect commodity-producing countries, decreasing overall global demand, limiting any inroads to be made towards reducing the supply glut - particularly, with miners and drillers continuing to increase or maintain production levels. These have come back ...

QIC consortium buys $1.78bn gas facility

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... Iona is an attractive core infrastructure asset for our clients with an essential role in the Australian east coast energy supply value chain. It has long term contracts with its customers, which underpin stable and predictable cashflows while also presenting ...

Central banks of the world, coordinate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2015