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Economist says innovation one small part of growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... not just on the volume side. "So if you take the housing driver out of growth, and we still know there's a big drop in mining investment coming and very little evidence that non-mining investment is picking up - then that leads growth to be driven by ...

ACBC adds further XTBs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... and 2.93% on 20 November 2015. XTBs are now on offer over bonds from listed companies in the following sectors - banks, mining, property, transport and infrastructure, entertainment, manufacturing, telecommunications, airlines, airports, diversified ...

Advice M&A deals boom after years of stagnation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... markets were wiped by the GFC. The US has 850 fewer dealer groups today. But the Australian market was spared thanks to the mining boom." Prendeville said that another characteristic of this context is that the high demand has not impacted on the price. ...

Super non-compliance to cost $44 billion

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... factors affecting workers' entitlements, and the hardest-hit industry was construction, followed by property services, mining, hospitality and manufacturing. Cbus identified total non-payment of SG contributions, "cash economies", "sham contracting" ...

The importance of Asian trade agreements

GREG O'NEILL, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, LA TROBE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015

Rusting still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... lower costs per ton, expand sales and take market share from less efficient rivals. BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's largest mining company, said Oct. 21 iron ore output rose 7 percent to 61.3 million tons in the three months to Sept. 30, two days after ...

90 West founder steps down

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... farming and agricultural interests. Landale founded 90 West in 2008, managing an absolute return fund which invested across mining, energy and agriculture. He brought David Whitten into the business in 2012, launching the fund now known as the Henderson ...

Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... tumbling profits in oil and gas (down by 67.3% in the first eight months of 2015 from the same period last year); coal mining (down 64.9%) and ferrous metal smelting (down 51.6%). Looks like China's "competitive devaluation" has blown up in its face ...

Chief executive departs mine industry super fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
... executive Bruce Watson will leave over the coming months after 23 years of service to the superannuation needs of Australia's mining community. He has been in the chief executive role for more than 10 years. "After achieving substantially more for the ...

Cbus responds to Royal Commission allegations

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... acted improperly by disclosing confidential personal information concerning Cbus members to the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU). "To ensure that this kind of behaviour cannot recur, Cbus has taken significant steps to tighten ...