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LGS boosts green power

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... to strong energy efficiency programs and to 100 per cent zero emissions GreenPower, according to the Total Environment Centre. The building is co-owned by the Local Government and Shires Associations of NSW. LGS has achieved this through the implementation ...

No fast bucks: Costello

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
... year returns, and contribute to rebuilding a national economic infrastructure [which] actually has a clear sustainability centre. "I believe there's a profound role for superannuation funds in righting the system in realigning the basic values, in talking ...

Mercer buys Callan Associates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2009
... super funds are among Mercer's Australian based asset consulting clients. AustralianSuper hired Mercer to provide call centre, administration and online services to the fund in February last year. The transaction is expected to close at the end of the ...

Instos to spend big in India

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
Two thirds of Australian institutional investors polled in the Centre for Investor Education (CIE) conference about India said they expect to increase their portfolio allocation to the region in the coming year. "There are many opportunities for Australian ...

US confidence down and up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... to fade and the index remains at a five-year low," said Lynn Franco, director of The Conference Board Consumer Research Centre. Franco said, "Looking ahead, consumers' outlook for business conditions, the job market and their income prospects is quite ...

Asia Property in $1.55b buying spree

... estate giant PRUPIM, has bought three properties for $1.55 billion including a 50 per cent stake in a Westfield shopping centre. The group has bought three prime office and retail properties in Tokyo, Singapore and Melbourne, which it said marks an important ...

Credit crunch shows banks still lead the system

SUZY MAC IS ON LEAVE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2007
... had with banks. This, of course, transferred the funding pressures to the banks," he told the Asia Society AustralAsia Centre CEO Asia Update luncheon. In itself this is not a problem, but its ramifications are, he said, especially if banks themselves ...

SSgA launches neutral Asian alpha fund

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... equity markets. The strategy, designed by SSgA's quantitative team in Australia, together with the global Advanced Research Centre, will use a similar investment process to SSgA's Australian Long-Short Fund and will employ a quantitative stock picking ...

Centro pushes ahead with US property

... the management platform that Centro has developed in the US," he added. Centro's growing popularity in retail and institutional circles has elevated the group to being the country's largest syndicator in 2005 with funds under management up 25 per cent ...

New office property trust from MacarthurCook

MacarthurCook has launched a new open-ended specific property trust for smaller institutional investors and retail investors. Called the MacarthurCook Office Property Trust the fund will be actively managed and aims to produce sustained long-term performance ...