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Irish luck unlocked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
... interesting thing going on there: you are seeing the defensive plays in the red and the mining stocks and cyclical stocks in the green," he said. Mr Lucas said the materials and energy sectors had been buoyed by strong production reports from Rio Tinto ...

AMP Capital proposes new infra funding model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
AMP Capital has urged the federal government to allocate more funds to greenfield infrastructure projects on the grounds that it would reap the benefits of increased tax revenue from the resulting economic activity. AMP Capital made the proposal as ...

Think Holden, think not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
OMG! They killed Kenny...errr, Holden. Australia would be watching Holden's tail lights as it drives its car-making business out of Australia in 2017, Holden managing director Mike Devereux announced yesterday. This is because, like a spoiled brat ...

LGS carbon screening possible, but not imminent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... Bartnett said: "We invest in carbon assets where they're available and represent good investment returns." An example is green bonds. "The low-carbon finance area is really getting very interesting. It's the role of what the private sector can do to ...

How green are 'green funds'?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
Superannuation funds offering 'green' or 'sustainable' investment options may be misleading their members, with big polluters often topping the holdings lists. The top holding in AustralianSuper's Australian sustainable fund (managed by Perpetual) is ...

'Tis the season to be bubbly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013

Down, down, A$ stay down (please?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013

That stupid war again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013

Super funds 'fair game' for activist scrutiny

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... holdings in tobacco, armaments and uranium mining, rarely have a policy on fossil fuels. NGS Super, for example, in its Green Shares option (which will be cancelled this month in favour of a more general ethical option) listed its largest single holding ...