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Superhero to launch super fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... passive options like Vanguard's Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS). Baby Boomers on the other hand trade more actively. Iron ore, Nasdaq-listed and overall technology stocks have been popular among platform users. The platform recently appointed Nikki ...

Chief economist update: China keeps on going and going

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... from the 2020 low recorded back in April - good for Australia. Even better for this Land Down Under is that the price of iron ore - Australia's biggest commodity export - has soared to seven-year highs, with positive implications for Australia's ...

Chief economist update: David Australia versus Goliath China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... exports. In addition, Australia will have to find more money to finance its fiscal deficit should China decide to stop iron ore imports. The Australian government's projected Budget balance is being boosted by the high price of iron ore - currently ...

Chief economist update: It's looking up for the land down under

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... significant increases in both full-time and part-time jobs; and, the surging price of our biggest commodity export - iron ore - one that's bound to reduce the budget deficit the Treasury forecast in the Budget Papers 2020/2021 and/or provide the ...

Franking credits more important than ever

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... expect this to be sustainable in the foreseeable future and believe there remains a positive outlook for the price of iron ore," Gardner said. "Rio Tinto and BHP are other notable dividend payers at the moment which offer retirees the additional benefit ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore to reduce Aussie deficit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... and staff, stimulating more hiring......and lessen the need for more government spending. Not only that, the price of iron ore keeps on going and going... up. Iron ore accounts for over 25% of Australia's total goods exports. To date, iron ore prices ...

Disruption not sustainable: Schroders

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... is no value." Further to this, Conlon said resources companies like BHP and Rio Tinto are unlikely to be disrupted as iron ore has done well but even commodities like alumina and oil which have been the reverse, will not. "The way that we see is that ...

Chief economist update: Pandemic, what pandemic?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
Like the Energizer bunny, the price of iron ore keeps on going and going and going... up. And this, despite the coronavirus pandemic still doing the rounds on Earth - ongoing first wave or second wave - with worldometer.com's latest stats showing ...

AustralianSuper welcomes Rio Tinto departure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... Jacques would step down from his role as chief executive and Chris Salisbury would also leave his role as chief executive, iron ore. AustralianSuper, which Rainmaker analysis indicates has over $1 billion invested in Rio Tinto, was among those to welcome ...

Investors welcome Rio resignations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... executive has been elected; whichever arises sooner. Additionally, Chris Salisbury will step down as chief executive, iron ore with immediate effect and Simone Niven will step down as group executive, corporate relations, effective 31 December 2020. ...