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Is climate change a risk to retirement savings?

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... low-carbon transition risk being left behind," British MP Mary Creagh, who chairs the committee, said. Energy giant British Petroleum's $43.5 billion pension fund and Shell's $28 billion contributory pension fund are among the ones queried. Disclosures ...

Industry fund appoints Whitehelm as investment consultant

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 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. Whitehelm agreed to acquire 90% of the shares ...

SMSFs shifting focus for diversification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... investments for SMSFs comprised the big four banks, Telstra, BHP Billiton, Wesfarmers, CSL, Woolworths and Woodside Petroleum. Separately, new data released by the Australian Taxation Office shows returns from the SMSF sector in 2015-16 were on par with ...

Whitehelm acquires Netherlands asset for pension funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
Infrastructure investment manager Whitehelm Capital recently acquired a petroleum tank storage terminal in the Netherlands on behalf of several pension funds. Whitehelm agreed to acquire 90% of the shares in Vopak Terminal Eemshaven - a joint venture ...

The trillion dollar pension fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... Fund Global - also known as the Norwegian oil fund - was established to support long-term considerations when phasing petroleum revenues into the economy. Norges Bank Investment Management manages the fund on behalf of the Ministry of Finance, which ...

Oil's not so slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
It has only been less than a month - 25 May -- since the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced the extension of crude oil production cuts by nine months to the last day of March 2018 but oil prices are sliding again. The deal ...

Terrible tax policies of the last 25 years

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... introduction of the Senior Australians Tax Offset - Howard/Costello, 2001 The abandonment of the indexation of excise on petroleum products - Howard/Costello, 2001 The introduction of a 30% private health insurance tax rebate - Howard/Costello, 1999 ...

Damned if they do, damned if they don't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... quarter of 2017 above the psychological US$50.00 per barrel mark - the level they have risen to since the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced that they (and non-OPEC members) agreed to a reduction in oil production last November. ...

Less than expected but good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... jumped by 55.1% over the same period. This is underscored by the sharp increase in imports of mineral fuels (up38.1%) and petroleum (up 69.9%) and mainly from the Middle East (up 46.4%) as purchases from Japan's other major trading partners declined ...

Value investors facing short-term headwinds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... point, it doesn't take much for it to get hit, but get hammered. Companies such as Lendlease, BHP, Rio Tinto and Woodside Petroleum are a highlight in Perennial's portfolio. Murray said property group Lendlease was misunderstood for a long time and remains ...