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The BOJ's educated hope

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... although the year-on-year rate of change in the CPI was likely to increase for the time being reflecting developments in crude oil prices and foreign exchange rates, the possibility of the rate of change increasing toward 2% from 2018 onward was low ...

The trillion dollar pension fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... value of the fund in 2017. Established in 1990, the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global - also known as the Norwegian oil fund - was established to support long-term considerations when phasing petroleum revenues into the economy. Norges Bank Investment ...

New Zealand super goes green

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... equity portfolio will employ a low-carbon methodology, exiting active investment in companies including Genesis Energy and NZ Oil and Gas. This, according to fund chief executive Adrian Orr, makes the fund more resilient to climate change investment ...

Super funds must address climate risk: Market Forces

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... developments in technology have huge implications for the Energy and Utilities sectors, with the potential to reduce coal, oil and gas demand in the short-term. This is particularly relevant for Australia, "given the size of [its] superannuation sector ...

Expansions maintained despite dashed expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... seven-month low, easing especially markedly in the manufacturing sector due to lower prices for many commodities, notably oil. However, with supplier delivery delays worsening to the greatest extent for just over six years, the survey suggests that inflationary ...

Good oil, bad oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
Houston, do we have a problem? Oil has. It's back in a bear market - with the price of both the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent dropping by more than 20% from this year's highs. WTI oil edged up a little to US$42.73/barrel overnight after dropping ...

Eurozone gaining momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... definition." Yes, it's inflation that's still keeping the ECB on its toes: "Looking ahead, on the basis of current futures prices for oil, headline inflation is likely to remain around current levels in the coming months." Brent oil was trading at around ...

Oil's not so slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
... less than a month - 25 May -- since the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced the extension of crude oil production cuts by nine months to the last day of March 2018 but oil prices are sliding again. The deal reached back in ...

Latin America on institutional investment radar

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... infrastructure companies are also of high interest. Both countries' main trading partner is China. He says Columbia has a focus on oil and infrastructure, while Mexico is focused around manufacturing and telecoms. Both countries' main trading partner ...

Which part of the elephant are you holding?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... Australia's external trade accounts. Below are the World Bank's predictions in its April "Commodity Markets Outlook": Crude oil prices remain projected to average $55/bbl in 2017, an increase of 26 percent over 2016. Metals prices are projected to rise ...