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Man Investments to launch $1.5b alt energy fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... "burning off" or "flaring" of gas adds 350 million tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere annually. In 2006, the World Bank Global Gas Flaring Reduction Initiative (GGHR) found oil and gas installations flared and vented 150 billion cubic metres ...

CAAM eyes retail

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
Credit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) has come a long way since it first opened its doors to the Aussie insto market over a year ago. Today the fund manager is aiming to get into platforms and aim for bigger mandates. Richard Borysiewicz, country ...

Challenger recycles capital

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... another way of looking at Challenger's capital management is to recall the now extraordinarily ill-timed investments of The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and Colony Capital. In August 2007 The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co paid ...

Market Movers Overnight (8 July)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... plaguing the Eurozone, particularly Germany. News out of Japan shows that Asia is not immune from the global slowdown. The Bank of Japan (BoJ) left its quarterly assessment of the economy unchanged. However, details indicate that the assessment is much ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... economic reports today, Dun & Bradstreet releases its business expectations survey for the September quarter. National Australia Bank Ltd releases its monthly business survey for June. In company news, Telstra Corporation Ltd group managing director ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
The Australian share market was in negative territory at noon as property trusts were dragged sharply lower by GPT's profit downgrade and European equities fell on Friday. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index lost 85.1 points, or 1.67 per cent ...

Westpac's Kelly signs UN water mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... 7.9 billion people suffering from water scarcity by 2025, according to the United Nations. Westpac claims to be the first bank globally and the first Australian company to sign the mandate, which was officially launched by the UN Secretary-General last ...

New tech counters terrorist attacks

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
Logica has created a new software that helps prevent funds from being used by terrorists, reduces risk and provides cost-effective compliance for investment managers and banks. Tech company Logica recently launched HotScan Plus - an automated transaction ...

Term deposits competition heats up

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... the lock in," said George Lytas, ING Australia head of product for Personal Investments. "As a wholesale investor in ANZ bank deposits, OneAnswer is able to provide an innovative investment structure and a forward crediting rate so that investors know ...

This Week's Market Movers (7-11 July 2008)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... pressured by the appreciating euro. UK industrial production has also slowed in April and this will be one of the factors the Bank of England will take into account when it deliberates on monetary policy on Wednesday. Markets expect the BOE to keep interest ...