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Appian appoints head of Australia, Asia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... Nicholson had a 13-year tenure as Resource Capital Funds managing director, Australia. He also has technical experience in mining production, planning and management, having worked at the Emily Ann Nickel Mine for LionOre Australia as an underground ...

S&P launches agribusiness Index

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2022
... industry sector as a whole. "The profile of the agribusiness sector is hampered by the absence of an index benchmark akin to mining, energy, banking, property, healthcare or technology," Chapman said. "The combination of accelerating climate risks, booming ...

BetaShares to launch new sustainable ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... energy industry, while the BetaShares Global Uranium ETF (URNM) will hold a portfolio of global companies involved in the mining, exploration, development and production of uranium. The companies TANN will invest in include inverter suppliers, solar ...

Australian dividends shatter pre-pandemic records: Janus Henderson

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
... made it easier to make up lost ground. A crux to Australia's stellar dividend performance, the report said banking and mining once again accounted for the lion's share of dividends. "Historically responsible for more than two firths of Australian dividends ...

Australian economy outperforms: Austrade

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... improve as restrictions ease. Major tax incentives should also trigger the strongest boost in business investment since the mining boom, it said. Australia's growth rate is remaining strong at 4.1% in 2022, according to the IMF. This resilience is underpinned ...

Jarden expands research team

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... resources research as it readies a Perth office. Together, the pair have nearly 50 years of experience covering the Australian mining sector. Alongside Nik Burns, who heads oil and gas research, this completes Jarden's senior research team across the ...

Fund inflows drop sharply: Calastone

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
... inflows to Australian-focused equity funds reflects the strong commodity bias on the ASX. Share prices for Australia's mining giants have soared during the quarter as sanctions on Russia have pushed up the price of ores and energy, providing a measure ...

BetaShares launches Aussie bluechip ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022
... S&P/ASX 200 Index. AQLT favours growth sectors such as technology and consumer discretionary, and is underweight in the mining sector. Management fees are charged at 0.35% p.a. or $35 for every $10,000 invested. BetaShares chief executive Alex Vynokur ...

Westbridge Funds buys $16.21m industrial facility

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
... is seeing historic yield compression on the back of low interest rates, the emergence of e-commerce, a well-performing mining industry and growing interstate investor appetite." Iredell added that the yield gap between Western Australia and the eastern ...

Biden signs executive order on digital assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... development of digital assets systems in a way that reduces negative climate impacts. Currently, it's estimated that Bitcoin mining uses more power globally each year than some countries, with the amount of electricity used in a single Bitcoin transaction ...