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Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... follows three consecutive quarterly falls, with the rise driven by increases in unleaded, premium and ethanol fuels, as world oil prices increased from a 12-year low last quarter. Peterson Institute's fiscal warning to Australia While Australian governments ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... Foundation that sponsored the study said Americans are becoming better informed and educated about their finances. Pres Obama's US oil production boom At the GOP National Convention in Cleveland this week some speakers accused President Obama of trying ...

Property and infrastructure steer REST into positive territory

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... Chris Stevens said despite the volatility in financial markets over the last twelve months - most notably fluctuations in oil prices and the Brexit - REST's options have delivered positive returns for members. "REST's strategic property and infrastructure ...

Britons vote 'Adieu EU'

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016

BetaShares rolls out global sector ETF suite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... investors to tap into global energy powerhouses, and to access this key global sector in a convenient and cost effective way. "The oil industry has been experiencing one of the deepest downturns in recent times. FUEL invests in the strongest global players ...

Investors looking to real estate over infrastructure

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... rose from 3.2% in 2013 to 4.3% in 2015. The report revealed that despite challenging market conditions and the sustained low oil price, Asian sovereign investor confidence remained stable as they continue to pursue long term investment goals through ...

Saudi sovereign wealth fund flags US$3.5bn Uber investment

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... investment from the Public Investment Fund, set up by the kingdom to develop the country and invest the revenues from its vast oil reserves, is part of Uber's most recent US$5 billion global money-raising round.

PROFILE: FSC chief executive Sally Loane

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
There are tough first days on the job, and then there are those where you show up to the office having been handed the most significant reform package for your industry in 20 years. That was what faced Sally Loane when she took the reins at the Financial ...

Australia tanks in global dividend index

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
... most of which make their payments in the second half of the year, but it gave a foretaste of what is to come. With Australian oil companies slashing their payments deeply, and Rio Tinto later this year joining BHP Billiton with cuts of its own, together ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... preliminary 0.2% year-on-year decline in consumer prices, due largely to lower prices of fuel for transport (-11.7%), heating oil (-26.0%) and gas (-6.8%). Core inflation eased to an annual rate of 0.7% in April - the slowest rate since February last ...