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GES and Limestone launch Eastern Europe SRI fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
An Eastern European-centric socially responsible investment (SRI) fund has been developed by European-based responsible investment research provider GES Investment Services and Estonian-based Limestone Investment Management. The Limestone New Europe ...

Decarbonised mandates by 2030

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
The global investment landscape 20 years from now will be largely influenced by carbon emissions control - making long term mandates the key to better, stronger returns. Forecasting a low carbon economy by 2030, David Klug, senior asset consultant at ...

Brookvine and ipac back Prisma

Multi-manager ipac securities has moved approximately $160 million out of BT and into Prisma Capital Partners, a US-based fund of hedge fund represented locally by alternatives consultant Brookvine. Up until last month, Ipac invested the sums with BT ...

CFS GAM expands BDM

... Eddy Schipper to head of institutional business development and recruited two more to the BDM team. Schipper, who joined CFS GAM in 2001, will develop and manage asset consultant, superannuation and non-superannuation relationships throughout Australia ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower this morning, following the negative lead from Wall St on Friday, and a mixed market in base metals in London. On the Sydney Futures exchange, the June share price index at 0738 AEST was down 83 ...

US Fed back in the lead

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
The US Fed, taking its cues from successful school principals and sports coaches, is now leading the game rather than following and it's no surprise that economies and markets are fast falling back into line. Pointing the way is some strategic commentary ...

CFS GAM expands global resources

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (GAM) has appointed two portfolio managers to its global resources team. David Whitten, Colonial First State GAM head of global resources, said the appointments reflect a consistent growth in funds under ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
The Australian sharemarket was lower at noon as investors were unwilling to buy stocks because of concerns about losses related to credit markets and margin loans. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 22.4 points, or 0.42 per cent ...

Climate change rhetoric unsustainable

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
The reaction to the proposed plastic bag levy and expected energy price rises due to having to pay for carbon output shows Australia may not be as committed to sustainability as we claim to be. Australia is the nation which has the most signatories ...

CFS GAM chief to leave

Warwick Negus, chief executive of Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM), will step down from his role in June to pursue new business ventures. Commonwealth Bank has not renewed Negus' three-year contract which ends in June this year. ...