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BRIC sector splits SRI managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... exclusion policy within its Global Deep Green Trust, which means they don't invest in Cameroon, North Korea, the Russian Federation, Japan, Norway, Sudan and the People's Republic of China. Hall said by refusing to invest in these markets, fund managers ...

Who cares about the US, it's Asia that matters

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... of Statistics (ABS) has just released an analysis of how Australia's international trade profile has changed since Federation, confirming just how much our world has changed and why Asia and not the US is what drives our economy. In 1906 when the first ...

On the sub-prime defensive

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
... declare their exposure. Late last week Manly council issued a press release stating its exposure to Grange Securities' Federation CDOs with sub-prime exposure, is less than 5 per cent of its $12.4 million portfolio. "Manly Council appreciates the community's ...

Councils exposed

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2007
... concerns have become reality. As a leading investment adviser to local councils, Grange Securities sold much of its Federation CDO product to councils, offering a higher yielding diversification from corporate and bank credit. In fairness to the councils' ...

Sub-prime dominoes falling

... reported that Grange has been a leading investment adviser to local councils and has raised $50 million through its Federation collateralised debt obligation (CDO), which offered diversification from corporate and bank credit. Offering a fixed-term return ...

Mile high wages club to soar

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... acting chief executive in Jetstar Asia. And just when Jetstar thought it was safe to break out the AWA's, the Australian Federation of Airline Pilots (AFAP) warned the company would face pilot shortages if it pursued plans to put all of its new pilots ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... IRESS Market Technology Ltd will hold their annual general meetings. The Australian Wine and Brandy Corp and Winemakers Federation of Australia will launch their national wine sector strategy in Sydney this morning. The Australian stock market closed ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
... news as a result of poor staff satisfaction, another issues that management wishes to address. The National Farmers Federation has said that minimum salary levels for the visa holder category known as 457 could make it uneconomical for employers to use ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2006
In a bid to ensure the supply of farm labour, the National Farmers Federation (NFF) has asked the Federal Government to reduce the withholding tax on foreign workers from 29 to 13 per cent saying that the $7 billion horticulture industry could lose ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2006
... mortgage holders and the 650,00 who have done so in the last five years will be "taken to the brink". The National Farmers Federation has estimated that total debt has risen by about 10 per cent over the last year to $43 billion at a time when farmers ...