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Harris vs Trump: Key economic policy differences

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
... workers - or around 5% of the workforce - and lead to loss of economic activity in the agriculture, manufacturing, and mining sectors. Despite their differences, Cunneen said both candidates would see increased US budget deficits for the next decade ...

TelstraSuper picks Equip for merger partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
... connections to its heritage industries and connected communities, particularly telecommunications, entertainment, energy, mining, healthcare and education," it said. Equip Super is well versed in mergers, particularly with corporate offerings. In addition ...

WAM tells investors it 'got the call wrong'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
... week WAM said the Leaders Fund was gearing up for a "huge rotation" in Australia's share market, hoping to buy up "unloved mining and 'battleground' stocks". The bold bet follows a rough year for the $1.9 billion WAM Leaders portfolio, which returned ...

BUSSQ fights back against regulatory imposition

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... serious misconduct within the CFMEU and concerns about its potential impact on the super fund. The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Industrial Union of Employees, Queensland (CFMEU-Q), a separate legal entity to the CFMEU, is a shareholder of ...

BHP, Rio Tinto, Qantas back carbon credits fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
... success of our farming communities and nature repair." Rio Tinto's chief decarbonisation officer Jonathon McCarthy said the mining giant is committed to decarbonising its operations and the new fund provides a solution while the technologies needed to ...

Trump victory will jostle trade war, interest rates: Morningstar

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... investment in factories and export growth is likely to be weakened if tariffs are levied on US-bound goods. However, the mining sector generally has minimal debt, and is likely relatively well placed to avoid significant permanent value destruction from ...

Chief financial officer roles 'widely ambiguous': Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
... from Australia and Sri Lanka across a range of industry settings in both the profit and not-for-profit sectors, including mining, education, healthcare, pharmaceutical and financial services, and professional services, over an 18-month period to explore ...

Household income buoyed by property investments: CBA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
... managing director Mike Mortlock explained. Various factors including stronger demands in resource-rich areas, such as the mining sector, as well as affordable prices are boosting the rental yields in these markets across different states. Properties ...

SSGA launches new gold fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... global macroeconomic and fundamental factors including central bank policies and interest rates, emerging market demand and mining production," Tsui said. Tsui said a key attribute of the State Street Gold Fund is its provision of a cost-efficient and ...

New Zealand exits recession

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
... and training; and agriculture, forestry, and fishing. Major detractors in the March quarter were construction (-3.1%), mining (-1.7%), and goods-producing industries (-1.3%). New Zealand's economy retracted in September and December 2023 by -0.3% ...