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Oil's gift to central bankers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... impact on core consumer prices. This is because higher oil prices raise the electricity costs of operations as well as transport costs, among others. These higher costs would eventually be passed on to consumers.

UniSuper builds equities team

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... joins the super fund as a senior analyst for infrastructure, was formally the head of infrastructure, utilities and transport research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch for more than 13 years. Andrew Hill, who also hailed from Bank of America Merrill ...

Beige Book report delivers known knowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
Back in the day - in the 1990s - when I still had a full head of hair, we placed great importance to the Fed's Beige Book report for it was up there with major indicators like employment and inflation that spark major market movements. The US Federal ...

BNP Paribas shuts out non-renewable energy producers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
BNP Paribas will no longer work with companies whose principle business activities involve oil or gas exploited from shale or tar sands as a further show of its support for renewable energies. The group introduced a new global financing policy whereby ...

New research director joins APP Securities

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... Securities from Shaw and Partners, where he was a senior analyst. Prior to that, he was a senior research analyst for the transport, infrastructure and utility sectors at stockbroking firm BBY. He was also director equity research at Nomura and executive ...

CBA commits to bond-structured climate change solutions

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... of Australian renewable energy and low carbon assets including wind power generation, green buildings and low carbon transport projects. Commonwealth Bank managing director debt markets Simon Ling said: "We recognise the long-term challenge of addressing ...

Rethink the great Australian dream: Report

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... Australian's owning their own home, and on the poorest citizens who will be pushed to outer and regional areas where transport infrastructure is poor, and job prospects lower. "In the long term, this could have budget implications for governments as ...

Pre-retirees risk significant shortfalls: MLC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
... $17.31 $28.10 $37.47 $56.20 Household goods and services $27.25 $36.95 $76.65 $89.80 Health $46.05 $88.87 $91.35 $161.23 Transport $93.18 $95.82 $138.85 $141.49 Leisure $74.51 $111.00 $225.79 $309.42 Communications $8.15 $14.27 $22.41 $28.52 Total per ...

Modern Silk Road presents investment jewel

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2017
... the China-led Belt and Road Initiative will involve the construction of ports, warehouses, and connections to overland transport in strategic locations, and the construction and upgrading of rail-networks. Comprising land and maritime trade routes connecting ...

The Trump risk on global trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... increase and the highest growth rate since March. The Baltic Dry Index's (BDI) - which measures changes in the cost to transport various raw materials - gradual but upward trend validates the improvement in global trade. After dropping to a record low ...