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IFM to acquire energy company

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... have acquired 100% of Enwave Energy US, the American unit of the group which powers more than 400 buildings across the country. The combined transaction is worth US$4.1 billion. Based in Toronto, Enwave provides sustainable cooling and heating solutions ...

Billionaires profit from pandemic: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... richest person. Harry Triguboff, Anthony Pratt, Frank Lowy, Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar are also among the country's wealthiest. Overall, Oxfam found 1000 of the world's richest recouped their COVID-19 losses within nine months. The world's ...

Chief economist update: Inflation lifted by smokers with young children and homebuilders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
Australia's consumer prices continue to recover from the 1.9% drop in the June 2020 quarter - the largest quarterly fall in the 72 year history of the CPI. However, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that the country's headline inflation ...

Stonehorn Global Partners names investor head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... Fund launched in June 2019 and invests in up to 30 Asian stocks (ex-Japan) and is not limited to a benchmark, sector, country, or market-cap. The fund has returned over 55% in a one-year period. The Schwartz family office, Trawalla Group is a significant ...

Family home dominates adviser conversations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... streams are captured in Centrelink's assessment for eligibility, however the treatment can be different depending on the country, so it's best to thoroughly check each client's situation, he added.

Chief economist update: Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
Australians all let us rejoice! Less than a week before the country celebrates its day, the National Statistician released its latest survey of the domestic labour market... and it was good. "In joyful strains then let us sing, Advance Australia Fair." ...

Jobs return to pre-pandemic levels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... jobs fell 5.5% across the fortnight to 2 January 2021 and were 6.1% below mid-March 2020. This is a positive move in the country's recession rebound caused by lockdown measures imposed to limit the spread of COVID-19. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) ...

Chief economist update: USA Inc is under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... the travel ban on certain predominantly Muslim countries, bolster the program allowing young immigrants brought into the country illegally as children to stay, bar discrimination by the federal government based on sexual orientation or gender identity ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore is hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... recorded in March last year. Rising industrial production equals rising industrial demand. According to mining.com: "The country produced a record 1.05 billion tonnes of steel, a breakthrough as it is the first time the 1 billion mark has been exceeded". ...

Chief economist update: Japan's second state of emergency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
Japan may need to spend more to mitigate the expected slowing in consumption and business activity following the declaration of the second state of emergency. The worst of the pandemic appeared to have passed when Yoshihide Suga took over from Shinzo ...