Insight Investment’s global economic outlook for the week ahead (week beginning 12 November 2018)

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This week we receive inflation data in the US, UK and the eurozone, which will be of interest for signs of developing inflationary pressures. In addition, retail sales in the... Read more continue reading

Biggest weekly fall in petrol prices in a decade

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Petrol prices; Credit & debit cards Unleaded petrol price: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum the national average price of unleaded petrol fell by 6.7 cents a litre last week to... Read more continue reading

Weekly market update – week ending 9 November, 2018

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Investment markets and key developments over the past week Share markets mostly rose over the last week, helped in particular by a favourable reaction to the US midterm elections. Chinese... Read more continue reading

AMP Capital strengthens and globalises its Sustainable Investment team

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AMP Capital has announced the appointment of Emily Woodland as Co-Head of Sustainable Investment, effective 12 November, marking the continued growth of its global ESG capabilities in public markets. Ms... Read more continue reading

Implementation of Community Co-Investment for the Sapphire Wind Farm

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With construction and commissioning of the Sapphire Wind Farm nearing completion, the implementation of community co-investment for Sapphire is about to proceed. A series of “Open House” events has been... Read more continue reading

US midterm elections: We’re on to 2020!          

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The American midterm elections didn’t trigger any high-level surprises in Congress with the Senate remaining in Republican control and the House flipping Democrat, as expected. Now, investors can focus their... Read more continue reading

BNY Mellon supports Australia’s first commercial thermal waste-to-energy plant

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BNY Mellon has announced its appointment as Facility Agent & Security Trustee for an A$400m project finance facility by Macquarie Capital. The facility arrangement will fund construction of Australia’s first... Read more continue reading

Actuaries Institute launches climate index

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The Actuaries Institute has launched a climate index, an objective measure of extreme weather conditions and changes to sea levels, to help policymakers and Australia’s businesses assess how the frequency... Read more continue reading

Franklin Templeton appoints Senior Director of Institutional Business

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Franklin Templeton Investments Australia has announced the appointment of Vivian Sun to the role of Senior Director, Institutional Business. Based in Melbourne, Ms. Sun will be responsible for managing and... Read more continue reading

ASIC begins consultation on updated competence requirements for advice licensees

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is inviting input on proposed updates to our organisational competence requirements for advice licensees through the release of a consultation paper yesterday. ASIC... Read more continue reading