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Food security back on the radar

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... more than what is required for basic living, therefore they are demanding more. Times this by a few billion and that puts a huge strain on the world's agricultural output."

AustralianSuper seizes infra leadership

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
Demand for more infrastructure investment creates huge investment opportunities for super funds, and AustralianSuper intends taking a leadership role. The fund has not only announced intentions to appoint four major investment team leaders, including ...

China's $750bn pledge to clean tech aids sector

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... improve agricultural practices to the development of ecological pesticides or renewable energy production plants. "Solar offers huge growth potential but it is wind energy that is the most competitive renewable energy technology at this time," he said. ...

The trillion dollar election question

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
... now, when will they see the light of day again?" said Reynolds in a previous interview with Financial Standard. "We've made huge gains over the past couple of years and many long overdue issues are finally being dealt with," she said. Mark Rantall, chief ...

Running of the bulls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... exports. Didn't we say the euro's depreciation is not all that bad? Crisis? What crisis? Not when European banks are reporting huge profits. Not when you find out that HSBC - Europe's largest bank - announced a more than doubling of its pre-tax profits ...

First SG raise costs no more than a cuppa

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2010
... the price of a cup of coffee - for the average wage earner," said Reynolds. "It's hard to argue that such a rise will be a huge impost on either wage costs or take-home pay, particularly when real wages are expected to have increased by more than six ...

Aussies head to Britain for investments

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010

Challenger wins $200m from AustralianSuper

AUSTRALIANSUPER RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2010
... said Delaney. The credit boom between 2005 and 2007 has led to a large increase of loan issuance which in turn has created a huge level of refinancing that will be due over the next three years. It has been estimated that Australian companies will need ...

New-found optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
... for investors and speculators getting bored with waiting, and waiting, and waiting for the double-dip and that big one - a huge collapse in share prices. We've waited long enough, must as well pack our bags and start buying. This is the mirror image ...

All aboard

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2010
... cent last week. See the financial press can find some good news and spin them positively if they wanted. Or perhaps, after a huge rally like last night, they have no other choice. There's also good news in Europe. It goes along the lines of "the truth ...