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Chief economist update: Wisdom of the crowd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
... North Korea's leader Kim Jung-on threatened to cancel the 12 June meet. And then there's Iran and the prospect of new oil sanctions. The financial markets' not so good performance over the past week shows the wisdom of the crowd thinks that ...

Alphinity rolls out sustainable Aussie equities fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... more than 10% of their revenues from producing or operating high impact fuels such as uranium, thermal coal, coal seam gas, oil sands and arctic drilling which are considered environmentally unfriendly and for which sustainable alternatives exist," Andre ...

Chief economist update: BOE fails market expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... Despite the continued improvement in the US unemployment rate - down to 3.9% in April - and the continuing ascent in crude oil prices, headline CPI inflation only managed a small increase to 2.5% in the year to April from 2.4% in the previous month. ...

Chief economist update: When good oil goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... (no, I'm not going to Strawberry Fields) back to early 2016, when the US and the European Union decided to lift financial and oil sanctions on Iran. Almost immediately Tehran announced it's bringing back production to 3 million bpd - the production level ...

Chief economist update: Crying for Argentina

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... because of its huge unconventional resources coupled with Macri's policies is attracting significant foreign investment. As oil and gas production grows it will give the economy a further substantial boost, Valores said. Also, Argentina's economy had ...

Super fund launches renewable energy investment option

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... businesses by excluding fossil fuels and increasing allocation to renewable energy and climate solutions. "The resource-based coal, oil and gas industries are being violently disrupted by a wave of cleantech innovation," Sheikh said. "The polluter's ...

Moving on up to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... momentum, tight labour market, buoyant consumer spending, tax cuts, tax on imports (steel and aluminium) and the recent surge in oil prices all point to higher inflation over the coming months. The question is how fast.

ANU to recalibrate divestment policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... announced its divestment strategy in 2013. The divestment saw them sell down $16 million of their shareholdings in Santos, Oil Search, Iluka Resources, Sandfire, Sirius, Newcrest and Independence Group. And the divestment was well timed as several of ...

Norway dominates sovereign wealth funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... growth in sovereign wealth fund assets slowed considerably in recent years, influenced by significant challenges from falling oil prices and domestic budget shortfalls. This seemingly reversed in the last year, in part due to the recovery in oil prices ...

Dimensional launches global ESG bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... universe. It will take into account greenhouse gas emissions intensity (including potential emissions from yet-to-be-mined coal, oil or gas reserves), land use and biodiversity, toxic spills and releases, operational waste and water management. Tobacco ...