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Energy fund bucks market slump

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... carbon emissions. In turn, BGI is aiming to capture the value of transitional beneficiaries such as Combined-Cycle Natural Gas Turbines and other similar attractive assets, he said. The MRET expansion is also expected to make renewable resources a more ...

Bakers portfolio rated 'investment grade'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... exposure to alternative energy securities across a range of sectors including low-emission utilities, renewable energy, natural gas, uranium and hydrogen technologies. Although the ratings firm noted the portfolio suited investors with a medium to long-term ...

Oil on slippery slope?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
... Interior's Minerals Management Service announced that about 95.9 percent of oil production and about 73.1 percent of natural gas production in the Gulf had already been shut down. The OPEC's decision not to reduce its production target may have calmed ...

Inflation outlook dim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2008
... increase since June 1982. Energy prices surged by 6.6 percent with all components rising: petrol rose by 10.1 percent, natural gas by 1.5 percent and fuel oil by 8.5 percent. Food prices increased by 0.8 percent, shelter rose by 0.3 percent in May -- ...

Man Investments to launch $1.5b alt energy fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... Flaring Reduction Initiative (GGHR) found oil and gas installations flared and vented 150 billion cubic metres of natural gas, which is the equivalent to 25 per cent of the annual gas consumption of the US. Man Group plc chief executive, Peter Clarke ...

Bakers launch alt energy retail fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... quantitative and qualitative analysis and will cover six sectors such as low emission utilities, renewable energy, natural gas, uranium, hydrogen and environmental technologies. "This product gives [retail investors] the chance to make a diversified ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... Shell plc, Europe's largest oil company, formed a $776 million alliance with the coal seam gas producer and liquefied natural gas (LNG) hopeful. On Wall Street on Friday, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 7.90 points, or 0.06 per cent, to 12,638.32 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
... trading was halted pending an announcement on its planned sell down of its equity interest in the Gladstone liquefied natural gas project in Queensland. BHP Billiton, which is also a significant oil producer, gained 84 cents to $45.94 while takeover ...

Baring Asia pumps $95m in green fuel

... Zou, chairman and president of CCBM. According to industry pundits, coalbed methane could be a good substitute for natural gas and China could be a leader in providing this alternative energy source. Latest statistics from the China Coal Information ...

Australia catches Dutch Disease

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... Economist magazine "to describe the decline of the manufacturing sector in the Netherlands after the discovery of natural gas in the 1960s." "The hypothesis is that an increase in revenues from natural resources will de-industrialise a nation's economy ...