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Chief economist update: RBA more likely to cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... inflation pressures going forward. In its November statement, the RBA printed that: "Business conditions are positive and non-mining business investment is expected to increase." The latest capex spending plans proved the RBA's expectations to be ...

Aussie companies drop dividends

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... The weakening Aussie dollar further tightened the already slim payouts. There was much better news from the ASX's oil and mining sectors. BHP Billiton upped its payouts by two thirds while Rio Tinto and Woodside Petroleum also increased per share dividend ...

Boutique manager to launch LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... North America. It will invest across the natural resources value chain ranging from exploration and feasibility operations, mining projects, engineering and design businesses, transport and logistics and service providers. The IPO general offer closes ...

Private equity firm closes $558m mining fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
A $9.8 billion global private equity firm with investments in Sydney and Perth mining companies has attracted interest from several institutional investors for its first mining fund. Denham Capital has just closed its Denham Mining Fund at $558 million. ...

VanEck ETF receives ethical tick

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... emissions. VanEck's selection process involves excluding all companies that own any fossil fuel reserves or derive revenue from mining thermal coal or from oil and gas related activities. It also excludes companies involved in socially irresponsible ...

Default life insurance reforms ineffective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... serious consequences of the proposed policy change is that people working in casual jobs and high-risk occupations such as mining and construction may be unable to attain life insurance, particularly for disability. "This is because group insurance schemes ...

FirstChoice adds natural resources strategy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... manages more than $1.3 billion of retail and institutional funds) combines industry experience and qualifications in geology, mining engineering and metallurgy with investment management. Janus Henderson said its fund was a high conviction strategy of ...

Aussie retail crypto fund flags broker partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... now deploying capital into "exciting opportunities," including an institutional-grade security token exchange, a crypto mining company and an algorithmic trading desk. "Security token offerings are the next mega-trend in the crypto blockchain space. ...

Tradies test predictive underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... assessment process. UTS AAi associate professor Guandong Xu said it would also involve client behaviour modelling, text mining and natural language programming, along with social and predictive analytics that can add value in the insurance sector. Tilocca ...

Chief economist update: RBA certain to raise interest rates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... domestic economy's cyclical progress: "The first is the strong growth in employment." "The second theme is a pick-up in non-mining business investment." "The third theme is an improvement in business conditions, as reported in surveys." "The fourth theme ...