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The carbon cost of investing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... executive, Simon Thomas. The new offering will also cover stock level analysis, allowing fund managers to identify individual company contributions to carbon footprints, and potential measures to reduce carbon impacts and risk exposure within portfol ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2008
... provides a market update, retiring ABC Learning Centres Ltd chair Sallyanne Atkinson speaks at Australian Institute of Company Directors lunch in Melbourne, and Fortescue Metals boss Andrew Forrest climbs aboard the ship taking the miner's first iron ...

Ex-Westpoint adviser faces charges

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... financial advice at North Sydney based Solutions One Finance Group on various products including Westpoint related mezzanine company promissory notes without an Australian services licence (AFSL). Rowntree caught the attention of the regulator during ...

Pentafin and Direct Portfolio merger complete

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... that both the "Pentafin" and "Direct Portfolio" brands would be retained for the time being. Marsh also added that the company was not averse to future mergers and acquisitions. "[We] will certainly consider other acquisition opportunities to further ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... sugar producer CSR is to deliver full year results this morning, and Singapore Telecommunications, the parent of phone company Optus, is to deliver fourth quarter results. Yesterday, the Australian share market closed marginally in the red on thin trading ...

QIC adds two to board

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... Partners. Prior to establishing CACE Partners, Bowton worked as a management consultant at Bain International, McKinsey & Company and as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley International and Salomon Brothers. He has extensive experience in advising ...

Free cash flow paves road to returns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... new global equity fund that sidesteps the popular P/E ratio yardstick in favour of 'free cash flow' analysis, which the company believes is the best metric to achieve higher risk-adjusted return. "There was a growing belief among investors and analysts ...

Westpac and St.George outline merger terms

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... hold the title of largest bank by market capitalisation at approximately $66 billion on a pro forma basis. The merged company's estimated consumer base is expected to rocket up to the 10 million mark. According to a statement released on the Australian ...

First State leads UK adviser fund scoreboard

... financials' behind the stock. But more than that, it was particularly important when working in the Asia Pacific region that the company's management care about the minority shareholders. "If you've got the wrong controlling shareholder and the wrong ...

Takeovers Panel adds five

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2008
... Balanced Equity Management, to the Takeovers Panel. The 52-member group was created to provide a mechanism for peer review of company takeovers and to boost efficiency. Mike Roche, Deutsche Bank AG managing director and head of mergers and acquisitions ...