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Bellator MMA announces official fighter rankings Share this story Photo by Valery Sharifulin\TASS via Getty Images Bellator MMA today announced an official fighter rankings system for each of its weight classes, in addition to a pound-for-pound list for both men’s and women’s divisions. Similar to UFC rankings, the positions will be determined by a 15-person voting panel comprised of members of the MMA media. To ensure transparency, the voting process will be audited by Combat Registry. “...

Bellator is launching a rankings system this year.

Much has been made of China’s shunning of Australian exports. But what about iron ore? It’s hitherto been assumed that the Middle Kingdom is too reliant on Australia’s high quality iron ore for its steel-making needs and therefore would be reluctant to stop purchasing it. Australia is the top iron ore exporter and China relies on it for 60 per cent of its supply. With that in mind, Morningstar’s Peter Warnes offered a compelling counterargument this week and suggests investors in Austra...

Link Copied Mark LaMonica: So, Im here with Matt Hodge. Were talking about the Morningstar Capital Allocation Rating, which is replacing the Stewardship Rating. So, Matt, what has changed? Mathew Hodge: Basically, weve taken a fresh look at our Capital Allocation Rating and weve decided to focus on three key things, which are balance sheet, investment, and shareholder distributions, and those are the three things that management has control over and they are the three things that management ca...

Link Copied Mark LaMonica: Im here with Adam Fleck. And were talking about a hot topic in investing, ESG. So, Adam, were integrating ESG into our ratings. Why are we doing this? Adam Fleck: Thats right. ESG, environmental, social, and governance, factors we think are essential for long-term investors to consider when youre thinking about a companys future cash flows, its competitive position, and ultimately, the price they should pay for the underlying stock. In many cases, we would have alread...