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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... conditions, with lower ordering activity and exports for the month. Input prices continue to climb and some weakness in the mining and agricultural (dairy) industries are flowing through to manufacturers. Some manufacturers stated that reductions in ...

Sequoia launches two specialist retail products

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... energy storage company; the second, Sequoia Launch Units - Series 23 provides exposure to global companies in the lithium mining, batteries and electric vehicles sectors. The minimum investment for Series 1 is $25,000 and the product carries the benefit ...

LGS strengthens ethical commitment

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
... quarter. Both private and public sector wages remained steady at 2.0% and 2.4% in the year to the second quarter of this year. Mining posted the slowest annual growth rate in wages (1.3%) in the June quarter while wages in "Electricity, gas, water and ...

Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... of energy and commodities companies. "London is vulnerable to a negative shock. All these people who are 'long' oil and mining companies thinking that the dividends are safe are going to discover that they're not at all safe." (RBS wasn't even factoring ...

Instos demanding ESG metrics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... penalise certain industries for involvement in products or industries that are typically perceived as "bad." For example, mining companies do not automatically receive a lower ESG score for the impact of mining on the environment. Rather, Sustainalytics ...

BetaShares launches new sector ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... the $US gold price over time. That means in periods when the gold price is rising, Australian investors in global gold mining companies, without currency hedging, could potentially miss some of the upside, or in fact suffer losses, due to foreign exchange ...

Economic wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... general economic activity, this alone will not be enough to turn prospects for spending into non-engineering projects. Non-mining investment is also showing significant signs of weakness, they added. UK property's Brexit's hit Downward revisions to UK ...

Mercer wins new super partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
Wealth management firm Mercer recently won a superannuation partnership with one of Australia's largest mining services companies, adding about 4000 new members to the Mercer Super Trust. The partnership saw Orica transition about one-third of its workforce ...

S&P outlook downgrade extends to banks

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... Matthew Sherwood said the outlook downgrade was the result of a permanent spending attitude amidst a temporary boom from mining and natural resources. "So far in the twenty first century, Australia has lived through the Great Complacency given prolonged ...