Harry Brumpton

Former journalist with Bloomberg, Reuters, Newscorp. No longer writing stories but still abiding with the great plot of business, markets, and economics

[Harry Brumpton @HarryBrumpton]

@s_palm I’m glad you’re asking questions, you might learn something

[Harry Brumpton @HarryBrumpton]

@meadea Ampol is not a fossil fuel giant, it's not a producer, it's simply a fuel retailer. The lack of understanding and distinction from everyone involved here makes our industry look like it's living in an alternate reality, which it clearly is in part

[Harry Brumpton @HarryBrumpton]

If, like me, you haven't heard of "carryover commitments" it's time you did. @AngusWhitley1 and @SybillaGross unravel the opaque world of water trading in Australia https://t.co/sXQCU3Vf89 via @climate

[Alessandro Speciale @aspeciale]

Partners Group has shown initial interest in Hamilton Island, a holiday destination in Australia, sources say.

https://t.co/Mh2GjWjqyo via @markets @HarryBrumpton #Switzerland

[Gillian Tan @GillianTan]

Macquarie's asset management arm is in talks with investors to raise a total of up to $11.5 billion for a trio of funds

New w/ @HarryBrumpton ⬇️ $MQG
https://t.co/5FXzSnRZ2C

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Virgin Australia is looking at November for its IPO which could raise about $1 billion and value the company about $2.5 billion - story yesterday: https://t.co/NTMp64GIql

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In Black Summer 2019-20 Sydney’s CBD smelled like a campfire and office fire alarms went off from nonstop smoke drift. Long term effects for families in the fire’s path are only now being understood @amy_bainbridge and @AngusWhitley1 report: https://t.co/GnO409qyIt

[Bloomberg Green @climate]

The devastation of the Australian "Black Summer" bushfires was a warning to the world. 3 years later, the health impacts of wildfire smoke are still manifesting themselves.

New episode of Bloomberg Investigates coming here: https://t.co/gk73WYYFZ7

[Derek DeCloet @decloet]

Newmont is near an agreement to buy Newcrest for about $20 billion in one of the mining sector's biggest-ever deals. Story by @HarryBrumpton and @DNair5
https://t.co/AzHGpaVgc0

[Bloomberg @business]

Step inside Rio Tinto's $7 billion underground copper mine in Mongolia.

Mines like Oyu Tolgoi are key for the world's transition to clean energy, but the road here wasn't easy, reports @JamesFernyhough from beneath the Gobi Desert https://t.co/8yRWLM9Akg

[James Fernyhough @JamesFernyhough]

Researching this story made me very worried about the future of copper supply - getting enough to decarbonise the global economy seems almost impossible https://t.co/2A5EY2BUCv

[Gillian Tan @GillianTan]

Infrastructure firm I Squared has done a deal in my sunburnt country (a co called Rentco) 🇦🇺

New w/ @HarryBrumpton ⬇️

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[Bloomberg Deals @BloombergDeals]

Today in Bloomberg Deals: A JPMorgan banker talks M&A Down Under, Glencore dangles Teck shareholders a carrot and Kim Kardashian is hiring @HarryBrumpton https://t.co/tbB8Ca0vyE

[Matthew Brockett @MatthewBrockett]

New Zealand All Blacks to Gauge Demand For NZ$100m Share Sale
https://t.co/noOxx6F5Pe via @markets

[Bloomberg Deals @BloombergDeals]

Today on Bloomberg Deals, we're breaking down the mining M&A mayhem this week, plus Peltz backs out of Disney proxy fight and more health-care mergers get to the finish line. @HarryBrumpton https://t.co/AM1VKzCsU3

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Virgin Australia is considering taking on new debt in order to hand cash to owner Bain Capital just months ahead of the airline’s prospective IPO. https://t.co/wwDhhQq7RP via @markets

[Fion Li @fion_li]

Authorities and industries in Singapore say “we don’t know why you want to send us all these electrons, when what we’ve asked the world for — and no one’s giving us — is molecules,” Forrest said.
https://t.co/sGFPeZyx8O @business

[Paula Seligson @PSeligson]

Check out my Bloomberg TV interview from this past Friday about the ~$40 billion of corporate M&A/LBO debt stuck on bank balance sheets. #levfin #LBo #PE https://t.co/YILmRCI6eW

[Harry Brumpton @HarryBrumpton]

From banks to industrial heavyweights, dozens of the biggest global companies tout themselves as “carbon neutral” thanks to purchases of carbon offsets that experts say are actually useless. https://t.co/y3bOLbno7N via @bbgvisualdata