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Inflation data not encouraging: Powell

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
... unemployment. "A highly welcome development, but a historically unusual one," he commented. He said the restoration of supply chains, along with the rebalancing of demand and supply in the labour market, has enabled disinflation without significant weakening ...

Investing in research generates threefold economic output

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
... capability and improved outcomes for critical technology and communications, environmental sustainability, food supply chains, social policy and First Nations peoples." Case studies such as the Onshore Lobster Aquaculture research project towards a more ...

Janus Henderson launches new fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... coincides with recent trends of deglobalisation, characterised by the fragmentation of end markets and regional supply chains in a post-pandemic environment. Additionally, the firm said the disruption presents a dual landscape of challenges and long-term ...

How to warm up for a 50-degree day

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... section," Noble said. "Each one is telling a different story. The supermarket manager is telling the story about supply chains. The farmer is telling the story about the impact on fresh fruit and veg and how heat is impacting livestock. The health worker ...

Inflation falls to 6%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023
... have largely been ineffective in curbing inflation. "Rather, inflation has fallen as a result of repairs to global supply chains and an easing of import prices," he said. "The Australian economy is softening dramatically, the pace of inflation has peaked ...

Infrastructure an asset class for all seasons: IFM

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
... infrastructure investors include organisational workforce practices (especially labour rights and health and safety), supply chains and modern slavery, inequality across income, wealth and opportunity, and inclusion and diversity. IFM said the advantage ...

Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... Slavery Act and companies have responded with reporting on exposures and risks in their operations and in their supply chains, but experts tell FS Sustainability that much needs to be done both in Bangladesh and around the world to properly tackle the ...

The seven global megatrends to watch: CSIRO

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
... Australia. Geopolitical tensions, combined with the impact impacts of the pandemic have wreaked havoc across our global supply chains, Naughtin noted. "The most recent snapshot that we saw from the ABS suggests that two in five Australian businesses ...

Professionalise sustainability within funds: Panel

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
... the tools is another matter. "If you think about the complexity of any one fund, assets under management, and the supply chains that go through each asset, where does the assessment stop?" she asked. She further pointed out that the conversation no longer ...

US interest rates may go higher than expected: Powell

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
... and sleeping hours." "It's really hard to know what the lessons are again," said Powell. "Nobody had seen the supply chains collapse no one had seen the labour force participation plummet or unemployment go to 14% and higher than that. If we ever ...