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Pain of commodity price increases to last: World Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... will weigh on food production and quality, affecting food availability, rural incomes, and the livelihoods of the poor." Nations should invest in targeted safety-net programs, the World Bank said, including school feeding programs, cash transfers and ...

'We're living in the world China is making': Conference

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... Coast, Grant alluded to the fact that we could already well be in a piecemeal World War Three. Grant pointed out states and nations, things often delineated as constants in a very innocuous world, have and continue to be in a constant state of flux. ...

Australians are crypto-curious but not committing

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
... Australia first started investing in crypto in 2021. While Australia's crypto adoption rate is similar to western nations like the US and the UK, the country lags in terms of adoption in comparison to other APAC countries surveyed, such as Singapore ...

Aussie government debt to double: Janus Henderson

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
... nation's debt has increased by 68%. That said, Australia remains one of the least indebted among major industrialised nations. However, debt interest costs will rise in the coming years and Australia will see its borrowing rise faster than the UK and ...

NGS closes socially responsible option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... only work we are doing in the ESG space - we are also updating our exclusions and mapping our investments to the United Nations Sustainable Development goals, as well as seeking out impact investment opportunities." The super fund also informed members ...

War in Ukraine sparks defence spend

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... build a nuclear-powered submarine construction yard. "The lesson of history is that weakness invites aggression. It leaves nations vulnerable to coercion. This is the reality we must confront. The world is less stable," Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said ...

Disclosure lacking in common ownership: Committee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... as can be plainly seen in how the world is assembling sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, and in how nations will source the investment capital they will need to fund their transition away from fossil fuels over coming decades," Dunnin ...

Frontier appoints head of strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022
... consultant. In January of this year, two senior consultants, Priya Patel and Michiel Swaak joined Frontier, while former United Nations PRI chief executive Fiona Reynolds took a seat on the board in February. Frontier has about $600 billion in funds ...

Accenture pulls out of Russia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... Accenture will also donate $5 million to non-profit organisations helping the people of Ukraine and those displaced into other nations and will match 100% of donations made by employees. Accenture's decision follows Grant Thornton cutting ties with its ...

NZ Super Fund excludes Russian debt, state-owned holdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... imposed meaningful diplomatic, economic or military sanctions aimed at that government," the investors said. Like many other nations, the New Zealand government has strongly condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine and implemented a range of measures ...