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Clean energy strategies a gateway to long-term growth

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... the most valuable outcomes from their strategy. "The mining sector stands to gain both from production of rare earth materials for clean energy and efficiencies of generating their own power from renewables," Frost said. "In Australia, some companies ...

Trump's tariff implications for Australian investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
... crossfire. "But the main impact would come if the trade war with China escalates, which could lead to less demand for our raw materials that flow to China. A broader impact would occur if the world enters into a trade war with the US, resulting in a ...

Best Australian share funds of 2024: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... a 23.3% return. Acadian Australia head of investments Jean Christophe De Beaulieu said strong stock selection in the materials sector was a key driver of returns, noting the portfolio was short lithium producers, which declined sharply as investor sentiment ...

AustralianSuper welcomes AI tech competition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... in my view. However, Australian stocks have largely bucked the fall given their exposure to more cyclical sectors and materials stocks."

ESG linked to pay in top APAC listed firms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
APAC financials, energy, and materials firms are most likely to link ESG metrics to executive incentive plans. Across the top 400 APAC firms, 193 disclosed their executive incentive metrics. Three-quarters (74%) used ESG metrics. Australian companies ...

ASX bleeds $41bn from delistings

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
... connected to all major submarine cables and intracity and intercity fibre networks. LSEG's analysis also found the materials sector accounted for 28% of raisings or a total of $9 billion (US$5.6 billion). Real estate followed with a 16.9% market ...

Australia home to 43 billionaires: UBS

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
... the hands of the top 100 billionaires, the research found, noting that almost half work in the consumer and retail and materials sectors with each accounting for 24%. This is followed by the technology sector and financial services sectors at 16% each. ...

AI no silver bullet for advice process, documentation: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
... actually going to deliver value for your business," he said. AI can be used for the initial engagement process, marketing materials, and setting pre-meeting emails and so forth, but in terms of information gathering, Travers said "there is no way to ...

Inconsistencies abound in Future Fund mandate change: Deloitte

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
... given that the constraints which are holding back additional development rest largely on the supply side, with high materials costs, a lack of workers, and poor construction sector productivity," Deloitte said. "Like anyone balancing both risk and return ...

BNP Paribas shutters EARTH Trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2024
... The trust ran a global equity long/short strategy that held long positions in innovative companies within the energy, materials, agriculture, and industrials sectors that provide solutions to environmental challenges. It then also took short positions ...