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Industry fund drops Rio Tinto amid sacred site outcry

HARRISON WORLEY, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
Rio Tinto has been excluded from two portfolio options of a major industry superannuation fund following its destruction of 46,000 year old Indigenous heritage sites at Juukan Gorge last month. First State Super has dropped Rio Tinto from the diversified ...

Hold super accountable for miners' actions: Future Super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... to The Guardian. Many of Australia's largest superannuation funds are invested in the mining firm and its major competitor, Rio Tinto, which recently had to apologise for destroying a 46,000 year old Indigenous site, Juukan Gorge. Late last month, Rio ...

Opportunities abound in COVID-19 environment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... Estate sector, earnings are showing resilience with an outlook for growth," Xiradis said. "Sectors like Resources (including Rio Tinto, BHP, OZ Minerals and Independence Group), Consumer Staples (like Woolworths), Consumer Discretionary (such as JB Hi-Fi) ...

A coronavirus-bitten cat bounce?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... and infections from the coronavirus had been slowing have heartened equity market investors everywhere - from New York to Rio and ol' London town - underscored by the surge on Wall Street overnight. All major US benchmark equity indices rocketed ...

Chief economist update: The C word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... coronavirus multiplied and spread around the world. But it's the sharp sell-off in the equity markets - from New York to Rio and ol' London town - that propelled the powers-that-are into a "concerted" action. Yes Virginia, each and every one ...

IOOF faces new class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
Shine Lawyers today commenced a new class action against IOOF on behalf of shareholders. Shine Lawyers conducted an investigation into misconduct at IOOF which included obtaining a Federal Court order for IOOF to produce documents relevant to the alleged ...

Chief economist update: Who's afraid of COVID-19?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... back. Not anymore. On February 24, COVID-19 gnawed through investors' hazmat suit, sending equity markets from London to Rio and ol' London town dropping: The S&P/ASX 200 index dropped by 2.3%; the Euro Stoxx-50 index lost 4%; the FTSE-100 index ...

The sick short: Banking big on the coronavirus

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... China-facing. He pointed to the consumer discretionary sector (Treasury Wine Estates in particular), the materials sector (BHP, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group), and oil (Woodside Petroleum) as being shorting opportunities. In comparison, Conway ...

Bleak year for dividend growth in Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... Australian paid about $55.5 billion in dividends, falling back to 2015 levels of $55.2 billion. Big, special dividends from BHP and Rio Tinto propped up the headline number for total Aussie dividends. But if these are taken out, local dividend payout ...

IFM Investors hires from Mercer

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... consulting services and risk and compliance solutions to the firm's superannuation clients. She also spent six years working for Rio Tinto in senior advisory roles. Oliver described herself on LinkedIn as an "experienced governance, risk and compliance ...