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Perth Mint to review audit processes

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... third-party review of its audit process after an AFR investigation raised concerns about conflicts in how it sources gold. The Western-Australian government owned Perth Mint allegedly buys up to $200 million of conflict gold from a PNG firm Golden Valley ...

Chief economist update: Australian Renaissance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... isolation measures. However, given Australian states' cautious and softly-softly approach to re-opening (in fact, Western Australia still refuses to reopen its borders), the likelihood of a second wave - although still probable- are likely to be ...

Industry fund drops Rio Tinto amid sacred site outcry

HARRISON WORLEY, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... sites in the central Pilbara dating back 15,000 years. The Guardian reported that BHP's plans were approved by the Western Australia government just three days after Rio Tinto blasted the Juukan Gorge site and that the company's rolling back ...

Industry funds continue risk-adjusted domination

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... options to provide insight into their performance and relationships with volatility risk measures. The super fund for Western Australia's local government workers, WA Super, took the top combined risk adjusted position in the three years to March ...

Super fund calls for government support

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... possible at all. "For example, it is simply ridiculous that we are building a new international airport at Badgerys Creek in Western Sydney and there is no plan for a dedicated train line to Sydney City," Hewson said. Crescent Wealth chief investment ...

Regal Atlantic fund up 12.5% in May, down 61.65% YTD

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... gold producer Red 5, which rose 42% in the month as it completed a $125 million capital raise to develop a new site in Western Australia and mineral sands miner Base Resources which was up 31% in the month. "Key detractors to performance this month were ...

Charter Hall invests in logistics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... Richard Mason said: "The acquisition provides a rare opportunity to secure a major logistics facility in the tightly held Western Sydney growth corridor that is supported by convenient access to M4 & M7 Motorways and major infrastructure projects underway ...

Housing affordability improves

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... 21.2%, 20.2% in Queensland, South Australia, the ACT, and the Northern Territory respectively. In Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia housing affordability declined, with buyers needing to dedicate a further 2.9%, 0.4% and 0.2% of their incomes ...

Atlas Advisors makes wild investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... in the Elanor Wildlife Park Fund. The fund consists of two wildlife park assets, Featherdale Wildlife Park, located in Western Sydney and Mogo Zoo located in Batemans Bay on the NSW South Coast. Atlas Advisors Australia executive char Guy Hedley said ...

ASIC cancels two AFSLs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licenses of Western Australia-based, Personal Risk Management and Melbourne-based Australian Golden Securities ASIC said Personal Risk's cancellation took effect on 21 May 2020, after the company ...