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Australian corporate debt dwindles: Janus Henderson

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... Australia in the very near term is likely to remain strong with labour markets strengthening driven by pent-up economic activity from the pandemic period and deferred consumption." "That said, a pandemic downturn 'like no other', means that a recovery ...

WTW appoints head of due diligence, and private equity Australasia M&A

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... financial lines practice, focusing on the assessment of operational risk and liability for companies targeted by M&A activity to drive optimal outcomes. Torresan said Pendred joins at a time where there are unprecedented levels of M&A deal activity and ...

Apollo secures Hostplus mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
... capabilities and growing credit needs of companies in Asia Pacific. The launch of the strategy follows increased investment activity in APAC for Apollo. Recently, Apollo helped to structure and made a cornerstone investment in a $150 million sustainability-linked ...

OMERS acquires model tower company

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022
... IndInfravit, to facilitate its acquisition of five additional roads across the country," he said. "We are proud of our activity across Asia-Pacific to support and grow our portfolio in key sectors including digital infrastructure, mobility and the energy ...

RBA spotlights inflation risk of higher wages

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
... inflation to target would become more difficult. It would also come at a higher cost in terms of lower levels of economic activity and employment. Though the board did add that raising the cash rate by 50 basis points at the next meeting could help mitigate ...

ESG taxonomy key to achieving policy objectives

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... deemed to be sustainable. In other regions, like the EU, there is a lot more detailed framework which includes whether an activity makes a sustainable contribution to one of the six sustainability areas," he said. When it comes to taxonomy in Australia ...

GDP rises but headwinds abound

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... profits are increasing at more than 20%. This could be measured as a positive reflection of continued growth in economic activity, but the ACTU highlighted that despite these gains, labour share of GDP hit an all-time low. An ACTU statement said: "Productivity ...

Deutsche Bank, DWS raided over greenwashing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2022
... said: "This is an investigative measure by the Frankfurt public prosecutor's office in connection with suspicious activity reports filed by the bank. Deutsche Bank is fully cooperating with the authorities."

S&P launches agribusiness Index

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2022
... Milk, Nufarm, Elders and Bega Cheese. Much like the above listed, the index comprises companies whose principal business activity is in the primary production of agricultural products, or in the production of commodities used as inputs into primary production ...

Green ETFs on the up and up: AUSIEX

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
... independent win in the recent election also showing strong ESG support. Trading data from 1 January 2021 (when Climate 200 activity commenced) to May 2022 shows that ESG-related trading by investors living in the nine teal seats was 14% of overall trading ...