A Brit recently transplanted from NYC to Melbourne. I cover the financial issues of climate & water risk for @breakingviews, among other issues.
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Renewable industries like solar panels and EVs already account for 30% of GDP growth. True, the People's Republic is also burning more coal. But that’ll change as grid upgrades favour clean power, prompting wider electrification of the economy, even in tricky sectors like steel.
The $574 bln oil major may have eyed Australia’s Woodside and other producers in Asia. A purchase might work if the region really needed LNG as a transition fuel. But the success of renewables and batteries has killed that conceit. So any deal would disappoint in the long term.
South32 was a sprawling "CrapCo" when spun out of BHP in 2015. The $5.6 bln aluminium sale to Alcoa means departing CEO Graham Kerr has created a leaner miner earning most of its money from the red metal. That's likely to attract suitors like Glencore, or even its former parent.
Shemara Wikramanayake is retiring from the job after eight years with the $70 bln bank's stock near a record high. She provided a steady hand. But regulatory snafus linger and the firm recently lost a key valuation crown to Wall St. It'll be no cakewalk for successor Greg Ward.
Beijing is browbeating BHP and rivals to cut prices of the key steel ingredient while also developing ways to disintermediate them. It threatens earnings and Australia’s top export. Diversification, closer collaboration and faster decarbonisation are the best defence and offence.
By: Aimee Donnellan, Antony Currie
The Chinese-founded fast-fashion retailer has released financial details ahead of its long-awaited Hong Kong float. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists explain how a pushback against its business model in the West may have collapsed the valuation to just $10 bln.
The UK bank is selling its consumer loans Down Under to Blackstone but closing the deposits business. The two units could be worth $2.6 bln based on Citi’s Antipodean sale. And local lenders need cheap funding. Why CEO Georges Elhedery is ditching them at a loss needs explaining.
Strong first-half earnings support the $370 bln bank's 35% stock jump this year, besting rivals like JPMorgan. A valuation over 2 times book implies CEO Georges Elhedery will keep returns high. Yet Chinese capital curbs and an odd Aussie exit suggest limits on further gains.
Australia's Austal looks ready to sell its US unit to Hanwha for up to $1.2 bln, two years after thwarting the South Korean firm's tilt at the whole company. A sale would probably bypass the need for Canberra's approval and be a boon for the US-Korea investment pact.
The buyout firm's infrastructure fund is set to buy Cleanaway, the country's largest waste management outfit. It throws out solid growth, which should ensure bagging a mid-teens return even with a 32% premium. Given its heaps of garbage nous, EQT can probably pile on more.
