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Showing 51 - 60 of 1918 results for "Rio Tinto"

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
... 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 actually fell 3.3%. ...

IFM Investors hires from Mercer

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... 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 consultant ...

NAB hires to improve governance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... while remaining in his other positions as chancellor of Monash University and non-executive director on the boards of Rio Tinto and Spotless Group. McKeon said he is looking forward to joining the board, and being given the opportunity to assist the ...

Clime launches new income fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... aims to provide a yearly income of 8%. The Clime Income Enhancer Series 1 fund will invest in four shares: Macquarie, Rio Tinto, Treasury Wines and BHP. "If any of these shares move within the 40% cost range, capital is guaranteed. If one of them goes ...

Fossil fuel exposures climb at UniSuper

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... from 18 months ago, when 8% of the fund's exposures were in fossil fuels. The fund has holdings in Woodside Petroleum, Rio Tinto, BHP, South32, Santos, Origin Energy and Macquarie Bank among others. During the year to June end, it added TC Energy and ...

Morgan Stanley's top picks for Aussie ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... fund from State Street. SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Resources Fund (ASX: OZR) had 61% invested in top five holdings of BHP Group, Rio Tinto, Woodside Petroleum, Newcrest Mining, and Fortescue Metals.

Mercer unveils best-performing Aussie equity funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... second quarter, he said. Leading managers were overweight in the following sectors and stocks in FY19: iron ore (BHP and Rio Tinto), gold (Newcrest Mining and Evolution Mining), information technology (Altium and Afterpay) and healthcare (CSL and Resmed). ...

Sovereign wealth fund revokes exclusions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund has revoked its decision to exclude Rio Tinto from its investments. Norges Bank has repealed exclusions placed on five international organisations over the last 15 years, Rio Tinto among them. The fund will also now ...

British MPs prod own pension fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... manages about £730 million in total assets, as at the end of last financial year. Among its 10 largest holdings are BP, Rio Tinto and Royal Dutch Shell, according to the annual report. It has no investments in companies that are committed to a zero-carbon ...