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Carbon transport the next big thing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
Investors looking for a radical way to grow their savings should watch out for new industries that will develop out of the storage and transportation of carbon dioxide, as the move towards using clean coal power stations continue to gain traction. "On ...

Future Fund to adopt ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
The Federal Government's Future Fund has confirmed it will be looking at environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues as part of its investment strategies in 2008. The government-backed $59.6 billion fund was highlighted by Australian Conservation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open lower on the back of a poor lead from Wall Street and a mixed metals market in London. At 0701 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March share price index contract was down 36 points at 5124. Today ...

Power up on low emission stocks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
Fundamentally sound low-emission utility stocks represent good value following stock market corrections, according to Bakers Investment Group. Jeremy Baker, joint-managing director at Bakers Investment Group, said the company's AltexRed Index, which ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
The Australian share market was stronger at noon, up almost two per cent, following a strong US lead overnight. At 1201 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was up 107.3 points to 5757.5, and the broader All Ordinaries was 104.3 points higher to 5801.3. On ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2008
The Australian share market is expected to open higher as Wall Street gained ground on the prospect that the US central bank will lift interest rates again and base metal prices generally were up. The US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets tonight ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
The Australian share market is receiving mixed leads this morning, with positive guidance from Wall Street and base metals, but Sydney Futures slightly down. At 0707 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index was DOWN 7 points ...

India: a country within a country

ALEX DUNNIN REPORTING FROM MUMBAI AND NEW DELHI AT THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
India's dramatic transformation into the modern economy is even more remarkable given its socialist past and the fact it was almost bankrupt just five years ago. "We used to have great faith in socialism especially when Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister. ...

Hunter Hall turns deep green

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
Hunter Hall has released a new environmentally focused global fund that aims to generate "a positive outcome for the wellbeing of people, animals and the environment" by using a highly exclusive range of filters that eliminates countries like Japan ...

The $10 million sustainable punt

The Local Government Superannuation Scheme (LGSS) continues to be the poster child for sustainable and responsible investing (SRI) after raking in $9.6 million in returns for members by shorting shares that didn't pass its SRI screen. Long before Al ...