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Agriculture drives biofuel investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
As agriculture continues to outperform, the push for sustainable biofuels will only increase investor appetite for investment opportunities in the sector. According to the Commonwealth Bank, "Australia's listed agribusiness sector has significantly ...

Boutique structures test volatile times

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
Boutique funds are more vulnerable to volatile markets than their big brand counterparts, prompting investors to take into account the managers' ownership structure to protect their portfolios, said Australian Unity Investments. "Investors need to be ...

MLC promotes state mgr

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
MLC has promoted James Meade to the role of general manager, practice management for MLC Advice Solutions. Meade will be responsible for the firm's practice development team nationally, which focuses on supporting financial planning businesses. Meade ...

More than two years' investment bank profits lost

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
Investment banks may have blown up one and a half years worth of profit from the sub-prime crisis and subsequent contagion. And the sector may lose more than two years' profit, a study by Morgan Stanley and financial services consultancy Oliver Wyman ...

More regulation coming: Clancy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
Financial institutions and investment banks should brace for greater regulation as governments attempt to eliminate the threat of excessive leveraging in the future, according to Michael Clancy, MLC Investment Management general manager. "Whilst the ...

RSL snubs proposed super changes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
The Returned Services League (RSL) has urged the government to reject plans to change the military's retirement fund because the proposed changes could disadvantage military service people. In July last year, the Howard Government created a military ...

Investec takes to the air

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
Specialist banking group Investec has raised its stakes in the aircraft leasing business with the launch of the Investec Global Aircraft Fund - its first institutional offering to the Australian market. According to a statement released by Investec ...

Swiss sustainable FUM up 67 per cent

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
The Swiss sustainable investment market jumped 67 per cent last year to $33 billion at the end of December 2007, according to investment consulting and research company onValues. The Zurich based firm surveyed 19 investment managers on "specialist sustainable ...

Int'l equities full of quality: S&P

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
A Standard & Poor's international equities review found more than half of the funds had achieved either four or five star ratings. The report analysed 62 large cap and nine small cap international equities funds and found six had been awarded five star ...

China response has big trade implications

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
With pressures growing on Prime Minister Rudd to scold China over its treatment of Tibet, the irony is that its left to just to the Prime Minister to defend our position even though the beneficiaries of our China relationship extend into every corner ...