At the insurer’s AGM on Friday it revealed growth in all commercial markets, including in Australia where premiums went up by 11 per cent, the lowest in 12 months.
The private sector will have to provide about 70 per cent of climate finance globally, and the heat is building on governments to deliver policies that do that.
One of the world’s most influential mining investors, BlackRock’s Evy Hambro, has signalled he is open to M&A as BHP hunts Anglo American.
The ASX is an essential piece of infrastructure, and has a quasi-monopoly position, a description that would fit Sydney Airport, for instance, which went private in a $23.6 billion takeover.
The Australian Financial Review has built a publishing model based on premium digital subscriptions. But it is still sad that from May 22, no one in Western Australia will be able to read a hard copy version.