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Ex-Merricks commodities guru launches hedge fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
... understand the markets and make profitable trades. He noted that geopolitical turmoil is also disrupting traditional supply chains, leading to the rerouting of commodity flows and shifting relative commodity values. "Inflation and higher interest rates ...

Inflation problem is homegrown: Bullock

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
... goods was strong, resulting in a sharp increase in prices for many goods. Then, as the pandemic's effects on supply chains were starting to ease, Russia's invasion of Ukraine led to spikes in energy and some food prices," she said. Headline inflation ...

La Trobe reveals global strategy, partners

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023
... third-largest economy and is set to benefit from generational macro-tailwinds, including the re-shoring of global supply chains back into the US heartland," he explained. "We are pleased to be providing access to that market to Australian investors through ...

Inflation data not encouraging: Powell

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
... unemployment. "A highly welcome development, but a historically unusual one," he commented. He said the restoration of supply chains, along with the rebalancing of demand and supply in the labour market, has enabled disinflation without significant weakening ...

Investing in research generates threefold economic output

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
... capability and improved outcomes for critical technology and communications, environmental sustainability, food supply chains, social policy and First Nations peoples." Case studies such as the Onshore Lobster Aquaculture research project towards a more ...

Janus Henderson launches new fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... coincides with recent trends of deglobalisation, characterised by the fragmentation of end markets and regional supply chains in a post-pandemic environment. Additionally, the firm said the disruption presents a dual landscape of challenges and long-term ...

How to warm up for a 50-degree day

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... section," Noble said. "Each one is telling a different story. The supermarket manager is telling the story about supply chains. The farmer is telling the story about the impact on fresh fruit and veg and how heat is impacting livestock. The health worker ...

Inflation falls to 6%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
... have largely been ineffective in curbing inflation. "Rather, inflation has fallen as a result of repairs to global supply chains and an easing of import prices," he said. "The Australian economy is softening dramatically, the pace of inflation has peaked ...

Infrastructure an asset class for all seasons: IFM

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
... infrastructure investors include organisational workforce practices (especially labour rights and health and safety), supply chains and modern slavery, inequality across income, wealth and opportunity, and inclusion and diversity. IFM said the advantage ...

Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... Slavery Act and companies have responded with reporting on exposures and risks in their operations and in their supply chains, but experts tell FS Sustainability that much needs to be done both in Bangladesh and around the world to properly tackle the ...