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Climate change rhetoric unsustainable

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... China and India to follow our climate change policy lead. But when it comes to practical responses to sustainability our interest quickly falls away, forewarning that meeting the government's 20 per cent alternative energy target by 2020 and reducing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... biggest one-day drop in almost three weeks -- just a day after a powerful rally driven by the Federal Reserve's latest interest-rate cut. LONDON - The FTSE 100 index of Britain's leading shares ended down 1.07 per cent as fresh concerns over the health ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
Australian stocks remained firmly in the black at noon after the US Federal Reserve's 75 basis point interest-rate cut and solid results from two major investment banks. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 156.1 points, or 3.07 per cent ...

Rev mortgages new sales down 10pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... outstanding reverse mortgages rising by 34 per cent in twelve months to $2 billion in December last year, due to compound interest and sales. "There was some slowing in sales in the second half of 2007 primarily due to the tighter availability of funds ...

SSgA wins $200m hedge fund replication mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... credit, bond market duration and market volatility. He said State Street Global Advisers had received a strong amount of interest in the Hedge Fund Beta Replication Strategy worldwide.

Time to get radical: IMF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... settings return to some semblance of normality, which is likely to continue the range of mixed signals driving fixed interest investors.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... stocks rallied on Tuesday, sending the broader market to its biggest one-day advance in more than five years, after a deep interest-rate cut and solid results from two top investment banks calmed credit market concerns. The Federal Reserve slashed a ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
The Australian share market was higher at noon, boosted by financials and the prospect of another interest rate cut in the United States later tonight. The Dow Jones industrial average made a late comeback overnight, which also bolstered the local bourse. ...

Douglas to head van Eyk investment research

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... has led manager reviews of Australian equities, hybrids, structured credit, global infrastructure equities and fixed interest. Prior to van Eyk, Douglas was chief economist and bond strategist at Merrill Lynch Australia and has held roles at AMP and ...

Super structure needs fixing

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
... by the Federal Government to boost retirement savings are undermined by structural corruption caused by conflicts of interest and lack of consumer engagement. "The structural corruption of the system is so painfully evident that the Government has a ...