Acadian’s quant analyst has built an AI ‘green screen’ catcher to auto-filter ESG phoneys.
See what the brokers say about Australia’s largest bank and mining entity this reporting season.
An action-packed month of record dividends, soaring energy prices and rising inflation are all expected to be key trends this earnings season.
Following two years of volatility, triggered by a global pandemic, supply-chain disruptions and the release of massive stimulus that followed, the financial system is in uncharted territory. Inflation is at highs not seen in four decades; bonds have fallen with equities, invalidating the traditional 60/40 portfolio; and, to add a spanner in the works, a…
Sri Lanka is in trouble. A state of emergency has been called after chaos hit the streets of Colombo. Anti-government protestors stormed into Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s office hours after he was named as acting president. In response, the Sri Lankan PM has advised the military to “do whatever is necessary” to restore order. Wickremesinghe…
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board raised its official cash rate last week for a third consecutive month, by 50 basis points, from 1.35 per cent to 1.85 per cent, which was largely as expected. The key takeaway was that the RBA has adopted a dovish stance saying future hikes were “not on a…
Following COP26, more and more companies are actively pledging to go carbon neutral by signing either the UN’s Climate Neutral Now pledge or the Net-Zero Carbon by 2040 pledge. These are promises made by a company to reduce or offset its carbon emissions and to report annually. And they’re some heavy hitters that have already…
A lot has happened in just these last two years. Despite the widespread damage caused by Covid-19, the crisis accelerated the pace of technological advancements along with our ability to adapt to the latest changes. A survey by McKinsey & Co found that Covid-19 sped up the adoption of digital technologies by several years. And…
One of Australia’s premier alternative real estate investment managers, Qualitas, has secured a A$700m mandate from a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) to invest in Australian commercial real estate (CRE) private credit opportunities on behalf of a new investment vehicle. The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is a sovereign wealth fund…
With US quarterly reporting season nearly wrapped up, the trend is showing that earnings were better than the lowered expectations this quarter. Considering the long list of headwinds such as high inflation, rising interest rates, supply chain disruptions, Covid-19, lockdowns, war in Ukraine and geopolitical concerns, the market had prepared itself for a quarter of…
