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Chief economist update: Oil to slide into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... disruptions - the latest of which was the drone attack on the 14th of September on Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq oil-processing plant - has the OPEC et al again ruminating on further cuts in production. Reuters quoted an OPEC source saying: "In December ...

Chief economist update: The budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... drop in capital spending in building & structures over the quarter that was partly offset by a 2.5% increase in equipment, plant & machinery. Year-on-year, actual total capex declined by 1.1% in the June quarter, an improvement from the first quarter's ...

Chief economist update: The fear of Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
"Pompa mortis magis terret quam mors ipsa." Translated into the quotee Francis Bacon's - English philosopher, statesman and essayist - mother tongue, "The pomp of death alarms us more than death itself." Yes Virginia, you know where I'm going ...

IPIF names investment lead, launches capital raise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... number of energy and utilities assets including ElectraNet, First Gas, Pheonix Natural Gas, PowerCo, Sydney Desalination Plant and TransGrid.

ISA condemned by union

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
The Electrical Trades Union has condemned Industry Super Australia's recent report on the energy crisis, saying it puts at risk the very people ISA is supposed to represent. The report, Fixing the Energy Crisis, was issued by ISA last week. It makes ...

Super fund achieves first carbon neutral portfolio

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
An $11 billion superannuation fund has achieved carbon neutral certification by the Australian Government for its buildings and property portfolio. Local Government Super's portfolio was rated by NABERS, a New South Wales Government administered ...

Ideas give insight to opportunity: Vanguard

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... next wave of growth might emanate from, including: Telecommunications and sensors Polymers and materials Agriculture and plant science Oncology Genetics

Chief economist update: Australian property market slump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... housing prices that ensues, triggering reduced consumer spending, lower company profits, a decline in business investment - plant, equipment and structures and staffing - as well as obtaining lower credit because the value of reduced value of their property ...

Chief economist update: Crude oil to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... also reduce business input costs, increasing margins, lifting profits that ultimately spur increased business investment in plant, equipment, and staff. Lower oil prices would ease inflation pressures thereby removing any sense of urgency among world ...

Former AFL club president joins super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
A former Port Adelaide Football Club president will now chair the board of a $28 billion superannuation fund. Greg Boulton has been appointed by the Governor of South Australia as presiding member (chair) of Super SA. He has been appointed for a period ...