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Global investors call for action on climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... fund AustralianSuper - have signed a statement in which they lay out some ways in which governments can facilitate more green investment. The statement comes ahead of the United Nations Climate Summit to be held on Tuesday. "There is a significant gap ...

"Considerable time", is it a-changin'?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
What's in a word? Two words to be precise. Speculation that the Fed would (or would not) change these two words when it delivers its monetary policy statement on Wednesday (NY time) has focussed the minds of many an investor lately and... wet the pants ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open lower following Friday falls on Wall Street. The September share price index futures contract is down 19 points at 5,519. US stocks have dropped as the West slapped new sanctions on Russia and traders saw ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
The Australian sharemarket is tipped to open lower following falls on Wall Street overnight. The September share price index futures contract is down 18 point at 5,585. Wall Street stocks have fallen, pulled down by major banks after the Federal Reserve ...

Activist Simon Sheikh launches fossil fuel free super fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... former Australian Ethical Investment senior relationships manager Adam Verway. Sheikh and Verway have also recruited Jemma Green, a former vice president of JP Morgan and an adviser to the global research group Carbon Tracker and James Their, founder ...

Senate bill challenges general advice definition

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson has decided to get ahead of the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) and is set to table a bill to change the definition of 'general advice.' The Senator will introduce the private member bill today during the Senate sitting ...

The certainty in a sea of uncertainties

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014

FoFA legislative changes pass in the House of Reps

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
The House of Representatives has voted in favour of the government's amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. The members of Parliament voted following a long debate where the Coalition outlined its position in favour of the ...

Infrastructure valuations at all-time highs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
Prices for global infrastructure assets traded so far this year are at the highest level on record, according to the latest analysis by alternatives research house Preqin. More than one-third of transactions completed in the year to date were valued ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
What do you do when you reach a peak? You take a breather, enjoy the view and smile (or LOL) at all the naysayers who bet, 'nay, you'll never make it'. That's exactly what Wall Street did overnight. The S&P 500 index hardly budged - up 0.01% -- to close ...