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IFM buys North American pipeline operator

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... acquire all outstanding public common units of NYSE-listed Buckeye Partners, a large US operator for pipeline for liquid petroleum products. The transaction values Buckeye at for a $9.3 billion equity value. "This acquisition is aligned with IFM's focus ...

ESG would curb ocean pollution: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019
... out the connection between plastic pollution and climate change is often overlooked. About 4%of the world's annual petroleum production is converted directly into making plastics, and another 4% is burned to fuel the process. Calvert argue another ...

Chief economist update: The bad oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... slowing, the production side of the supply-demand equation appears to be shrinking by more. The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Russia and other oil producers, cut output by 1.2 million barrels per day (mpd) starting 1 January ...

Culture dominates shareholder engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... compensation in Australia and was successful in removing retesting provisions for BlueScope, James Hardie and Woodside Petroleum. SSGA's stance is not to remove bonuses entirely but to make sure remuneration is linked to long-term strategies, she ...

Aussie companies drop dividends

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... news from the ASX's oil and mining sectors. BHP Billiton upped its payouts by two thirds while Rio Tinto and Woodside Petroleum also increased per share dividend by a fifth. NAB has had dividend rates on hold for four years now. CBA slid down on the ...

Macquarie reshuffles asset management lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... November 5. She has previously held directorships on the boards of ASX, Qantas, Westfield, Coca Cola Amatil, Woodside Petroleum, and Woodside Petroleum. Broadbent is currently chair of Swiss Re Life and Health Australia; chancellor of University of Wollongong ...

Chief economist update: Blame and trim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... year-on-year rate of 0.6% had it not been for the 30.0% jump in fuel prices that, in turn was driven by a 32% spike in petroleum prices in the year to September. "...prices for foods, feeds, and beverages fell over the same period and prices for capital ...

Chief economist update: Crude oil slips

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
... US$80.42 a barrel on May 22 while WTI oil peaked at US$77.41 per barrel a month later (27 June) despite the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries' (OPEC's) decision to lift production by one million barrels per day (bpd) - because this ...

Whitehelm Capital acquires AGL assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... funds management platform. It is also the investment consultant to Prime Super. In September 2017, Whitehelm acquired a petroleum tank storage terminal in the Netherlands on behalf of several pension funds.

ASIC co-deputy chair named

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... Victorian Bar and has sat on the boards of several public companies, including Bounty Mining, Barrister Chalmers and Wolf Petroleum. He is currently the chair of non-profit organisation Artists for Kids Culture. The minister recently announced Kell and ...