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CPI says RBA no go on Melbourne Cup Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... This year to date, S&P GSCI commodity prices index has risen by 19.7%, Brent oil's up 38.5%, Iron ore by 43.6% and World Bank data shows the Australian Coal price has risen by 40% in the first nine months of this year. Reduced pricing power, partly due ...

No new monetary policy moves on horizon: AB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
Don't anticipate any further significant easing of monetary policy or any aggressive policy tightening any time soon, AllianceBernstein (AB) has said at a media briefing in Sydney. With its impact having been both minor and unpopular to date, any more ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... (ex-Reinvestment) gained 0.62%, while the S&P MENA Sukuk Index rose 0.59%. Improve competition in Africa, reduce poverty: World Bank Boosting competition in African consumer markets and key input sectors can help countries on the continent grow faster ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... Settlements, private debt level, has gone from 150% of GDP to 210% of GDP," he told the ABC Business Report. According to the World Bank, Australia's ratio of total private debt to GDP at 138% is the tenth highest in the world. The ratio is 194% in the ...

Westpac prices climate bond at $500m

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... solely lead the transaction. It also played a lead management role in the first ever Kangaroo Green Bond issued by the World Bank in April 2014. Reported total global climate bond issuance rose from approximately US$11 billion in 2013 to US$41 billion ...

Global institutions join sustainable investment group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... Agricole CIB; European Investment Bank (EIB); HSBC Group; International Finance Corporation (IFC) - a member of the World Bank Group; and Mirova - a subsidiary of Natixis Group. In a joint statement, the CFI partners said: "Financial innovation and capital ...

China's January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
... all in the first week of the first month of 2016. To be sure, news headlines at year's start weren't encouraging: The World Bank (WB) downgraded its global growth forecast for 2016 to 2.9% from 3.3% (predicted last June); there's renewed geo-political ...

Joining AIIB unlocks billions of infra investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... over its economic life to the benefit of members. "The inverted bid model, which has been endorsed by the IMF, OECD, World Bank, G20 and B20, is currently being presented by Industry Super Australia to international regulators, pension funds and representatives ...

FEATURE: The infrastructure love story

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... infrastructure 20th out of 144 countries. Some of the poorest scores were for the quality of Australia's roads and ports. The World Bank's Logistics Performance Index 2014 ranked Australia's trade and transport infrastructure 16th in the world. The Australian ...

Hockey commits cash to infra partnerships plan

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
Australia will provide $25 million to the World Bank Group's Global Infrastructure Facility, said Treasurer Joe Hockey in a statement. The Facility will be used to build public-private infrastructure partnerships to streamline "greater private sector ...