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No more sustainable investment roadblocks: Russell

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
Australian superannuation funds' traditional arguments against sustainable investments are no longer valid, according to a new report from Russell Investment Group. The paper, Sustainable Investing: Marrying Sustainability Concerns with the Quest for ...

Green paper bags top IFSA/Deloitte award

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
Ben Hare, equities dealer at Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management, has won the IFSA/Deloitte Future Leaders Award for his research paper on the implications of climate change on the investment industry. Each of the 13 candidates needed to be under ...

The many faces of income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
Retirees should diversify their income portfolios because income-type products are not like they used to be. Bruce Murphy, head of distribution at Macquarie Funds Management, urged investors to go back to the basics of income investing and start questioning ...

Super funds to invest direct into infrastructure

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2007
The recent surge in superannuation inflows could push funds into direct infrastructure investment, according to Gabriel Szondy, managing director of the Centre for Investor Education. With contributions last financial year up between 23 and 35 per cent ...

Carbon trading for consumers: M2

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
Showing what can happen when businesses are given a viable commercial pathway for doing something about climate exchange, telecommunications group M2 has launched a consumer package that automatically buys abatements on the Australian Climate Exchange ...

Consultum takes flight

Flight Centre Limited's in-house financial advisory service, MoneyWi$e, has joined national dealer group Consultum Financial Advisers. The MoneyWi$e service, consisting of 15 financial advisers across Australia, is one of travel company Flight Centre's ...

Fed shoots from the hip

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2007
In a huge turnaround of priorities, the US Federal Reserve, which last week was more concerned about inflation than a sub-prime activated credit crunch, decided to cut its discount rate by 0.5 per cent to 5.75 per cent. The Fed charges this rate on ...

From rooster to feather duster

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2007
What a difference a week can make. A little more than a week after the Dow Jones average hit a record high, on Thursday the share market began a backward landslide. Global equity markets took another hit on Friday night on the back of the US sub-prime ...

Wizard founder builds Yellow Brick Road

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
Wizard Home Loans founder Mark Bouris and former UBS banker Bryan Davies have joined forces to create new retail advice and wealth management company Yellow Brick Road (YBR). The company will focus on after-tax returns, offering advice, accounting ...

SMSFs and mergers drive Macq property fund growth

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
Macquarie Direct Property Fund (MDPF) today announced assets under management increased by almost 200 per cent over the past 12 months through a series of mergers and acquisitions that tipped in over $800m. The fund also experienced another successful ...