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QSuper bets on US recovery

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022
... Woodhouse explained. "The flow-on effect is the increased demand for industrial real estate assets to store and distribute goods purchased online. This demand has seen unprecedented growth in rents that tenants are willing to pay and, in turn, return ...

Citi launches sustainability-linked supply chain finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2021
... priorities. The supply chain finance programs provide funding to a client's suppliers from the date of collection of specific goods/provision of services to the date which payment is owed to these suppliers. The cost of this financing is borne by ...

Australians look to gift crypto assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
... crypto either in a cold wallet or on the exchange. A further 13.2% had experience in staking crypto. In terms of paying for goods and services, only 13% have used cryptocurrency for payments during the past 12 months. Security remains a major concern ...

Supply chain issues push up retiree expenses

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
... eating away at retirees' savings, driven by global supply chain bottlenecks that is putting inflationary pressures on many goods. During the quarter, fuel reached a record level, jumping 7.1% due to higher global oil prices amid economic recovery and ...

Economic recap: Week to October 29

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2021
... preceded by a negative sign. But this success comes at a price. The re-opening of the economy has unleashed pent-up demand for goods and services. But given the current problems with supply constraints, this has also sent inflation soaring. New Zealand's ...

Economic recap: Week to October 22

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
... the consumers who no longer have to worry that their wages will be eroded by rising prices as the costs of the utilities, goods, and services they purchases remain virtually stable. Inflation has died. It was even buried six feet underground when the ...

Janus Henderson adds active ETF

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
... growth. We start with the question 'Is the world a better place because of this company?' because we believe companies with goods and services aligned with the development of a sustainable economy are more likely to grow and generate strong investment ...

Recovery set to slow: OECD

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
... public finances vulnerable to an ageing population," the OECD said. It said the government should consider increasing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate or broaden the base to offset regressive effects through personal income tax cuts, reducing private ...

Macquarie AM acquires logistics centre

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
Macquarie Asset Management's European logistics real estate strategy acquired a facility in Norway for around â,¬67 million. Heiaveien 8 is a warehouse and distribution centre in the Heia Business Park, around 25 minutes away from Oslo. It is a four-storey ...

Economic recap: Week to July 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... monthly in most of its counterparts - we suspected and felt, but didn't know by how much, that the prices of consumer goods and services have gone up... until now. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that the country's ...