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Australian economy outperforms: Austrade

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... improve as restrictions ease. Major tax incentives should also trigger the strongest boost in business investment since the mining boom, it said. Australia's growth rate is remaining strong at 4.1% in 2022, according to the IMF. This resilience is underpinned ...

Jarden expands research team

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... resources research as it readies a Perth office. Together, the pair have nearly 50 years of experience covering the Australian mining sector. Alongside Nik Burns, who heads oil and gas research, this completes Jarden's senior research team across the ...

Fund inflows drop sharply: Calastone

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
... inflows to Australian-focused equity funds reflects the strong commodity bias on the ASX. Share prices for Australia's mining giants have soared during the quarter as sanctions on Russia have pushed up the price of ores and energy, providing a measure ...

BetaShares launches Aussie bluechip ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022
... S&P/ASX 200 Index. AQLT favours growth sectors such as technology and consumer discretionary, and is underweight in the mining sector. Management fees are charged at 0.35% p.a. or $35 for every $10,000 invested. BetaShares chief executive Alex Vynokur ...

Westbridge Funds buys $16.21m industrial facility

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
... is seeing historic yield compression on the back of low interest rates, the emergence of e-commerce, a well-performing mining industry and growing interstate investor appetite." Iredell added that the yield gap between Western Australia and the eastern ...

Biden signs executive order on digital assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... development of digital assets systems in a way that reduces negative climate impacts. Currently, it's estimated that Bitcoin mining uses more power globally each year than some countries, with the amount of electricity used in a single Bitcoin transaction ...

Alpha females

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... with JPMorgan Chase being the largest company in the basket. There are also a few surprising names on the list including mining giant BHP Group. The median revenue growth across these 30 companies is 12.8% which is above the market average and the median ...

Millions of trees needed to offset NFTs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... to offset an NFT. "Minting a brand new NFT has a massive negative impact on the climate, the carbon cost of blockchain mining is immense," NFT Club said. "Moreover, as there are thousands of crypto miners across the world attempting to win the race ...

Mine unions pressure funds over Rio

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
Mining unions are applying pressure to super funds over alleged bullying and harassment at Rio Tinto revealed in a recent report. The Western Mine Workers' Alliance (WMWA), an agreement between the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) and the Mining and ...

HESTA impact lead goes it alone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
... Nation's Peoples while the company simultaneously banned Traditional Owners from speaking publicly on matters of heritage and mining leases. "It is this integrity gap that the emerging consumers, either through their buying power or their investments ...