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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2007
National Australia Bank's Monthly Business Survey for January has shown that business conditions rose by 6 points to a score of +17 as a result of an 8 point increase in the profitability index, which is now at a new record high of +19. Opposing the ...

LGSS paints $400m in property green

The Local Government Superannuation Scheme (LGSS) is planning to implement a Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) policy across its $400 million property portfolio, a step change that other super funds could soon follow as environmental issues ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
The Australian stock market was stronger at noon with a stronger banking sector helping offset patchy commodity prices and a flat lead from Wall Street. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was 15.7 points higher at 5939.8 while the all ordinaries ...

NZ Super responds to SRI attack by Greens Party

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
The New Zealand Superannuation Board has responded to an attack from the NZ Greens Party that alleged they were investing in companies that manufacture nuclear weapons and cluster bombs. David May, chairman of the Board of the Guardians of New Zealand ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
The latest monthly Business Expectations Survey undertaken by Dun & Bradstreet shows that for the first time in about a year businesses expect a growth in sales and 62 per cent of business executives anticipate higher selling prices in the coming June ...

FTSE launches climate change criteria into SRI indices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
Global index provider the FTSE Group has launched a new set of climate change criteria for including companies in their FTSE4Good Index Series. The new criteria identify companies FTSE believe have positive records on Corporate Sustainability Responsibility ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to weaker after a poor lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0705 AEDT, the March share price index contract was down 27 points at 5881. In economic news today, the Reserve Bank of Australia's ...

ING scores top marks in service

Financial services provider ING has been rated Australia's top fund manager for quality of customer service, according to a survey by ACNielsen. In ACNielsen's Australian Retail Wealth Management Report, which polled more than 16,000 internet users ...

Share option pay deals for US directors reducing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2007
A survey of US board directors' pay levels by Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has found there is a significant downward trend in directors' long-term compensation packages structured through stock options in favour of deferred stock awards. ...

Adviser jailed for five and a half years

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2007
An unlicensed Queensland adviser has been jailed for five and a half years for fraud involving hundreds of thousands of dollars of client money. Shane Hoy was sentenced to five and a half years jail by the Brisbane District Court after an Australian ...