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Italian private credit fund brings unique offering down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2023
... than 130 companies, with zero payment defaults, zero payment holiday and zero deferral (notwithstanding COVID-19, Ukrainian war and so on). "Therefore, the track record there is very clean, and in MLoan now we are going to deliver a return in the region ...

Could the anti-woke movement come to Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... identity. The "anti-woke" camp positions ESG as an ideological concept and unrelated to performance or building a better world. The more that companies implement ESG principals, the more they risk a backlash, panellists agreed; "Our framing has to be ...

How this budget was built

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... explaining the downward tilt is that the commodities sector which boomed in 2022 thanks to the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war, is now experiencing falling prices for the nation's export staples of LNG, iron ore, coking coal and rural outputs. Recall ...

ASX red alert: Soaring negative cash flows raise concerns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
... Plato Investment Management found 28% of ASX-listed companies have negative cash flow - more than any nation in the MSCI World index. Plato's head of long short strategies David Allen warned of the prevalence of negative operating cash flow in ASX-listed ...

High returns flow from water rights

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... regions. Waters says the structure of Australia's water market, which is one of the largest cap and trade markets in the world, combined with the vital nature of water as an input into irrigation farming, means there's naturally strong competition for ...

Global economic growth hits 20-year low: IMF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reported a significant decrease in global economic growth, reaching a 20-year low. The IMF World Economic Outlook 2023 report said there were tentative signs in early 2023 that the world economy could achieve a soft ...

Portfolio resistance is key: VanEck

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023
... place we are in a new investing paradigm and investors will need to seek alternative approaches and exposures in this new world," he said. "There are opportunities if you know where to look and it is prudent to consider your portfolio allocation." Chesler ...

We need to be ready: APRA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023
... home affairs and cybersecurity, is working on a new cybersecurity strategy, setting out the path to achieve a secure online world for Australian businesses and individuals," he said. Next, Jones pointed out the need to strengthen rapid identification ...

US regulator sues crypto giant, chief executive

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023
... money flowing and avoid compliance," said CFTC chair Rostin Behnam. "This should be a warning to anyone in the digital asset world that the CFTC will not tolerate willful avoidance of US law." CFTC enforcement division principal deputy director and chief ...

Bank of Queensland names Frazis replacement

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
... board is looking forward to supporting management in the coming years," he said. "We are focus on continuing to build a world class experience for our customers and bankers backed by a strong and resilient balance sheet."