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Sovereign wealth fund growth steady

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... evidence of the wide range of factors that are affecting various funds globally at present - macroeconomic headwinds, low oil prices, and shifts in domestic and economic policy from their governments have all contributed to this tapering off," Sy said. ...

Damned if they do, damned if they don't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
First the good news. Crude oil prices have closed the March quarter of 2017 above the psychological US$50.00 per barrel mark - the level they have risen to since the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced that they (and non-OPEC ...

Global SMA rated superior

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... in the world. The next wave of disruption in transport may see transport companies come from outside the traditional auto/oil sector," Pollak said. "The S&P500 Index may be up over 20% in the past two years, but back out the performance of Apple, Amazon ...

Less than expected but good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... thorn on the BOJ's side. While imports rose by 1.2% in the year to February, this appears to be a function of the surge in oil prices over the same period - Brent oil jumped by 55.1% over the same period. This is underscored by the sharp increase in ...

Prospectus lodged for ethically screened LIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... Opportunities Fund (MGOF). It will exclude companies involved in environmental destruction, including coal and uranium mining, oil and gas, animal cruelty, tobacco and alcohol, armaments, gambling and rainforest or old growth logging. Since inception ...

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... cheaper prices of imported goods and services make their way into the domestic economy - and this comes at a time when crude oil prices have started to reverse their upward trend. Brent oil prices have slumped by 8.8% from their 2017 highs while the ...

RBNZ on steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... spending and rising construction activity."...and "Headline inflation has returned to the target band as past declines in oil prices dropped out of the annual calculation. Inflation is expected to return to the midpoint of the target band gradually ...

Finding economic winners in an unpredictable world

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... analysts, Tinker noted that many of the predictions made in 2016, including the collapse of China, the downturn of the RMB, oil, western equities, and commodity prices were wrong. "We didn't talk about the potential changes which might come with political ...

Small caps taking over IPO market

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... million) Motorcycle Holdings ($46.1 million) Duxton Water ($41.7 million) Automotive Solutions Group ($30.9 million) Australis Oil and Gas ($30 million) Dreamscape Networks ($25 million) 9 Spokes International ($25 million) Silver Heritage Group ($25 ...

Energy fuels US cross-border inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... to 1.8% in December from 0.1% in November - the second straight month of positive reading since July 2014. The price of WTI oil went up by 8.8% in the month of December and 44.8% over the past 12 months. Brent oil rose by 14.6% in the month and 50.1% ...