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The unprecedented economic forces shaping the world

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
... products that can differentiate themselves through innovation and "outside the box" thinking. Secular drivers include commodities such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt, rare earths, and semiconductors, which are necessary for the digital age. The capital ...

Value companies to outperform in 2023: VanEck

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... equities, particularly from resource companies. Australian resource companies are anticipated to rally as demand for hard commodities surges following China's reopening. Moreover, Australian equities are trading at lower valuations relative to US equities ...

Macquarie profits boosted by commodities

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
... same nine months a year earlier, a period it said included a "record" December quarter. The group highlighted its commodities business and said FY23 YTD net profit contribution was "substantially" up on the prior year. "Mainly due to exceptionally strong ...

Aussie shares to continue outperformance: Oliver

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
... relative underperformance since 2009 is likely to be over. His reasons include mean reversion, a new super cycle in commodities, the Australian dollar no longer being expensive, stronger growth potential, relatively high dividends, less aggressive monetary ...

APRA restructures, appoints new executive directors

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... with Macquarie, primarily based in London and New York. Most recently, she was global lead business operational risk, commodities and global markets group, she transformed the first line of defence risk function. These appointments take effect from March ...

Sustainability reporting, biodiversity, social high on ASX agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2023
"Future facing commodities" and the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) accounting standards are the fastest rising topics of discussion in sustainability, while social issues are quickly rising to the fore with ASX-listed companies ...

Aware Super, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America back Xpansiv

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023
Commodities platform Xpansiv has secured new strategic investors in Bank of America and Goldman Sachs, while Aware Super has deepened its investment. Xpansiv also announced the closing of a $125 million capital raise designed to fuel continued growth ...

Super system shields against macro storm: Fundie

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
... factors are population growth, the fact that we've got a lot of what the world wants in terms of soft and hard commodities," Tadgell said. "And that is fed into 30 years of uninterrupted economic growth and contributed to the fact that we haven't ...

Mercer identifies investment opportunities for 2023

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... investors to consider. "Natural resource stocks provide such revenues, and - despite the performance of underlying commodities - are still arguably under loved given underserved global energy and materials demand," Mercer said. On the energy transition ...

RBA governor cites climate, energy transition in inflation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... present. But it is not just food production that is affected by extreme weather. "It also disrupts the production of commodities and the transport and logistics industries. These disruptions affect prices in global markets, and it is likely that we will ...