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Short-seller knife twist for YouTube fundie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... Burford produced meaningful returns across its portfolio of cases when this was far from the case. The case of Napo Pharmaceuticals v. Salix Pharmaceuticals was highlighted by the short-seller as a particularly egregious case of "accounting sleight of ...

US bonds present ESG problem

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... antibiotics, chief executive pay and capital allocation as key issues. Ground said of Schroders' exposure to pharmaceuticals: "Up there with fossil fuel companies, pharma companies are the companies we are constantly engaging with because it's ...

Distribution reshapes globalisation: Capital Group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... powerful technology-facilitated distribution networks make it almost impossible to compete with them. Budden cites pharmaceuticals as one of the latest investment horizons where a strong salesforce and distribution network is driving mergers and acquisitions. ...

Arnhem SMA rating receives upgrade

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... growth companies derived from sectors not represented on the ASX, including semiconductors, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.

Low return world a boon for VC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... its investors, along with the Commonwealth of Australia. One of Brandon Capital's success stories is Spinifex Pharmaceuticals; a US-Australian company developing new treatments for chronic pain which was acquired by Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis ...

Pharmaceuticals and tires top new Thomson Reuters diversity index

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
Roche Holding AG and the Michelin Group have topped Thomson Reuters' Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) index. The new index ranks the top 100 publicly-traded companies worldwide across 24 metrics to determine their diversity and inclusivity. The metrics ...

Retirees face deflationary conundrum

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... Retirement Standard quarterly update and it shows a substantial fall in petrol prices offset an increase in the cost of pharmaceuticals, health and medical services for retirees. ASFA's research also shows insurance premiums rose by 1.7% during the quarter. ...

Now is the time to accommodate the sellers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
... chunks of the market that look unattractive there are others which look really quite attractive. This could include pharmaceuticals, ecommerce, the expansion of services being offered in the cloud, environmental technology, online travel agents and sensors. ...

ASX jumps "despite" naughty news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... beating its OECD peers in capitalising on China's economic transition... We are talking about medical services, pharmaceuticals, tourism, education - all of these sectors are seeing a tremendous boost [in demand from China]," Ms Bitel told Fairfax Media ...

Philanthropists award $1.5m to medical researchers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... The award will support the professors to establish the Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Facility (CVRF) for Producing Pharmaceuticals in Plants, a facility to that will develop technologies to produce new drugs. These could be incorporated into novel plant ...