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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... Australia Group (IAG) led declines after QBE Insurance Group withdrew its sweetened $8.7 billion takeover proposal for the company after the target's board last night rejected it. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 58.4 points, or ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... inflation fears. The Hang Seng Index lost 572.77 points to 25,169.46. WELLINGTON - NZ stocks fell after third biggest company Fletcher Building issued disappointing profit guidance. The benchmark NZSX-50 index dropped 11.8 points to 3647.19.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... higher price. "We're not buying at this level, but we're holding BHP. We also like Woodside, which is a good, long term company." BHP fell 62 cents, or 1.25 per cent, to $48.93 and Rio Tinto slipped $1.27, or 0.81 per cent, to $154.83. Woodside fell ...

Co-investing gains momentum

... super fund has undertaken since. Back in 2005, Sunsuper invested $200 million in a joint venture with Carnegie, Wylie & Company (now taken over by Lazard). Sunsuper's chief executive Don Luke said at the time that the partnership will allow investors ...

Abu Dhabi opens investment doors

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
... Equally significant are plans by heavyweight Abu Dhabi entities including, Sorouh and the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Investment Company to issue bonds later this year.

JP Morgan runs ESG checks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2008
... guidelines. Each of the 50 categories is then split into several "data points" that outline specific details of how a company is associated with a certain practice. All the company information is collected from JP Morgan's post-trade compliance accounting ...

Apostle launches global small-mid cap fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... machinery and cabling. [In fact] electric cables are produced globally by two companies and one is a small to mid cap company in North America," said Wallis. He said despite North America being the source of the sub prime collapse, institutions would ...

Westscheme tackles ESG with Regnan

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... them." The Regnan model of consultation aims to deliver ESG messages directly to those best able to influence changes in a company's behaviour. According to Westscheme, this approach will likely have a positive impact on corporate behaviour across the ...

PIS to list best practices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2008
... list a business which will feature some of its top financial planning and accounting practices. The division's holding company, Professional Investment Holdings, intends to purchase 20 to 25 per cent of each practice that qualifies and then list the ...

US fund giant MFS lands down under

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... and global investments for MFS. MFS manages $305.4 billion in assets on behalf of more than five million investors. The company traces its origins in 1924 and the creation of the US' first mutual fund.