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Fossil fuelled Ireland to divest for climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
... under the EU's effort-sharing agreement. While it acknowledged increased investment in renewable energies, the country is also far from being on track to reach the 2030 targets for greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris Agreement. "We hope this important ...

Chief economist update: Weak wages a puzzle, could become a problem

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
"I think the economy's in a really good place. As I mentioned, unemployment is now 4%... which is the lowest it's been in 20 years. The other thing that's good that's been happening is for five years we've seen people coming back ...

BetaShares hires institutional executive from BlackRock

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... according to Rainmaker data It has among the highest number of ETF products in the market, launching four new products so far this year.

Chief economist update: Fed funds at five point O

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
The absence of fresh threat tweets from the US president has allowed me to take a fresh look at the US non-farm payrolls report released over the weekend. It was good. Nah, it was excellent, the stuff of every central bank's dream. US non-farm payrolls ...

Infrastructure manager turns up the heat

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
A $4.7 billion global infrastructure manager, and an investment consultant to several superannuation funds, has purchased a stake in a Norwegian heating network. Whitehelm Capital acquired a 49% stake in Kvitebjorn Varme AS, the owner and operator of ...

Chief economist update: Friday when the trade war began

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
Shots fired! Shots fired! The threat of a trade war became real on 6 July 2018, when at exactly 12:01 am (NY time), the US imposed a 25% tariff on US$34 billion of Chinese imports to which China immediately responded with a percent-for-percent and dollar-for-dollar ...

Dover advisers turn orphans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
... have each added between three and eight advisers from Dover. Acknowledging a potential lag in ASIC's processing, thus far 33 licensees have added at least one Dover adviser to their ranks since the beginning of June. Last week ASIC formally announced ...

Same insurance cover, different price: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
... will now have to prove they can no longer perform any job aligned to education and experience. Furthermore some funds require far more involvement in rehabilitation process and continual disclosure. Fay said: "While there is general consistency across ...

LGIAsuper adds investment veteran to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
The $11 billion superannuation fund has added a veteran investment manager to its nine-person board. Ronald Dewhurst will serve on LGIAsuper's board as an independent director. Dewhurst has held senior investment management and leadership roles globally. ...

Dover exit renews self-licensing calls

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... efficient self-licensing regime be introduced. But he argued that the transformative effect this would have on the industry far outweighs that particular issue. This is an extract of a news story first published in the latest issue of Financial Standard. ...