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Portfolio Partners offsets co2 with tree-planting program

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2007
Portfolio Partners has announced a partnership with CO2 Australia to sequester its greenhouse gas emissions by planting mallee eucalyptus trees in NSW and Victoria. Working to offset the estimated 680 tonnes in carbon emissions the company produces ...

Winds continue to favour private equity

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2007
... invested in Australia over the past 12 months," Brakey said. However, Les Fallick, founder and managing director of Principle Advisory Services, said private equity was not always a suitable investment for retail investors. "Private equity investment ...

Super rules will always change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2007
Superannuation rules will always be changing and the industry just has to accept this, said Ramani Venkatramani, general manager for specialised institutions at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). "Most organisations complaining about ...

Managed funds count carbon emission costs

NICK OLIVER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
While many investors and companies await the results of the Federal Government's task group set up to investigate the potential effects of introducing a carbon trading scheme, some investment managers are taking the initiative and developing models ...

NZ Super responds to SRI attack by Greens Party

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
The New Zealand Superannuation Board has responded to an attack from the NZ Greens Party that alleged they were investing in companies that manufacture nuclear weapons and cluster bombs. David May, chairman of the Board of the Guardians of New Zealand ...

JUST Super and Print Super to merge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2006
JUST Super and Print Super have announced an in principle decision to merge, forming a combined fund holding 110,000 members and controlling $2.1 billion in assets. Chairman of Print Super, Gordon Cooke, said, "The two funds believe that combining our ...

Plum treads its own path past $8b

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
Plum Financial Services has just passed $8 billion in funds under administration, the business putting its success down to a focus on member retirement outcomes and the incorporation of behavioural finance into product development. Managing director ...

VFMC to take investments in-house

... the plan in detail," he said. The details, he said, will come later because his focus is on the structure. "The basic principle of what we're doing is that it's not just about being cheap and producing the right result. At Ontario's, if you put together ...

Advisers are like architects: AFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
In debates about advice, regulation and meeting consumer needs, the toughest thing has been explaining to consumers what advisers actually do. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), yesterday told the Parliamentary ...

Russell opens 'best ideas' fund to retail investors

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2006
Russell Investment Group has launched a retail version of its 'best ideas' Select Holdings Strategy. The Select Holdings Strategy was launched earlier this year to take the best stock picks from the flagship Russell multi-manager Australian Shares Fund ...