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ASX companies lag on climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
... possible score, the Identifying carbon value: The Carbon Responsiveness of ASX 200 Stocks report found the average Australian company scored -0.8. Among the high achievers were the material and financial sectors while the utility and energy sectors fared ...

Super veterans accept Industry Service Awards

... experience in the financial services industry and has long championed the provision of financial advice to the average Australian. He is also a director of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). "He is passionate about three things ...

Equities without borders

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
... it's going to last forever is a pretty dangerous way to look at things." He said with over 65 per cent of the average Australian equities portfolio in financials and materials, Australians needed to diversify. "Our philosophy would be 'Don't run with ...

ESG funds pip mainstream

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... overall investment strategy. RIAA also found the average 'responsible investor' in Australia outperformed the average Australian mainstream fund investor by two per cent and the S&P/ASX 300 by just over one per cent over a five-year period. Meanwhile ...

Carbon trading for consumers: M2

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2007
... the prevailing C02 price of approx $8.50 per tonne when the scheme was launched, was equivalent to taking two average Australian cars per year off the road. Reflecting this momentum since its recent launch, ACX is already beginning to expand its product ...

Australia trailing towards the future

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2007
... unimpressive, Norman said. Normal also pointed out Australian's housing affordability was now at record lows, with the average Australian wage purchasing a mere seven per cent of the Sydney median house price last year, compared with 70 per cent in 1966. ...

Economic round-up: Going broke going for broke

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
... quarter by 0.6 per cent bringing the affordability of that first home purchase over 10 per cent further from the average Australian's reach. Like the squeeze on rental stock, short supply of properties for sale is inflating prices and expanding the gap ...

Budget super changes not for low budgets

... per month threshold, arguing that the recent Budget changes are for the rich and have little impact on the average Australian. "There's been a lot in the press about how fabulous the new Federal Government rules on super are. In reality, it's very good ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2007
... noticed that low to middle-income workers face steeper regimes than many developed countries around the world. An average Australian worker with two dependants retains 54 per cent of their gross income as opposed to 72 per cent by their OECD counterp ...

Don't put all your credit in one basket

... the year to 30 November 2006, diversified fixed interest funds returned an average 5.6 per cent against the average Australian fixed income fund which returned a lower 5.45 per cent, according to Rainmaker Data. Michelle Baltazar