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Suncorp pressured on coal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
Suncorp was hit with a shareholder resolution today demanding it reduce its investment and underwriting exposures to coal, oil and gas. Market Forces lodged the resolution on behalf of 100 Suncorp shareholders. Suncorp confirmed it has received the ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
"China and Europe playing big currency manipulation game and pumping money into their system in order to compete with USA. We should MATCH, or continue being the dummies who sit back and politely watch as other countries continue to play their games ...

Trump will continue to buoy stock markets: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... performances during their tenures were all Republicans: Richard Nixon with an average 0.31 percent loss per month, George W. Bush, losing 0.36 percent a month, and Herbert Hoover, with a whopping 2.23 percent monthly drop," the article said.

100 days of Trump (and counting)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... last four to reach the 100th day mark with majority disapproval. In comparison, former President Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton all passed the 50% approval mark, with 63%, 62% and 55% respectively. I can understand his approval ratings ...

RARE fund receives Lonsec tick

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
RARE's global listed infrastructure fund has been awarded a "recommended" rating from ratings house Lonsec. The RARE Infrastructure Income Fund (formerly the RARE Yield Fund), which is designed to help meet the income needs of an ageing population ...

Prospectus lodged for ethically screened LIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... on today. Morphic will be donating 2.5% of its management fees from MEC to charity. The initial recipient of this will be Bush Heritage Australia, an organisation working to protect species diversity through habitat preservation.

CBA and Queensland Treasury build blockchain bond

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... cost and transparency," Gilder said. According to deputy chief executive and managing director - funding and markets, Grant Bush, QTC is considering the long-term implications of blockchain as a semi-government issuer. "QTC is collaborating with CBA ...

RARE appoints new state manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
RARE Infrastructure has appointed a former CommSec business development manager as its first regional manager for QLD and WA. Working out of a newly opened Brisbane office, Nathan Ahboo has joined RARE to drive and expand client relationships across ...

Trump's helping hand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... that's driven by cyclicals. For Trump promises(?) reflation - what central banks have been trying desperately to achieve since Bush junior was still president. Sure losses are being made in the bond market - 10-year US Treasury yields closed at 2.35% ...

The president is a Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... social. Not the financial markets. Not a few foreign leaders. Not even his own party. Heck, even Republican former president Bush junior didn't vote for Republican candidate Trump. With all these going against Donald, there's no chance in hell that he'll ...