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NY fund sues BP over oil spill losses

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
The $152 billion New York State Pension Fund is suing British Petroleum over losses from the oil spill disaster. In a press statement, New York state comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, the trustee of the NY fund, said he was hiring law firm Cohen Milstein ...

CFSGAM studies infrastructure ESG risk

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
Colonial First State Global Asset Management's (CFSGAM) direct infrastructure team has gone back to school to integrate responsible investment principles (PRI) into their process. The fund manager hired Environmental Resources Management (ERM) to develop ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
... Dow Jones industrial average fell 149 points, its biggest drop in about two weeks. Treasury prices climbed after demand for safe investments rose. The National Association of Realtors reported that sales of existing homes fell 2.2 per cent in May. The ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2010
The Australian share market appears set for a flat start following its long weekend as a late fall on Wall Street overnight offset gains in Europe and Asia. At 0734 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was up five ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
The Australian stock market is set for a big fall at the open, after Wall Street slumped more than three per cent overnight on Friday, and the price of benchmark commodities contracts such as oil, silver and copper closed weaker. At 0725 AEST on the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Australian shares are set for a strong opening after Wall Street posted its third largest gain of 2010 as better-than-expected home sales figures boosted optimism towards the US economy. At 0731 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price ...

On caution's side

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... has put itself in a position whereby it could effect an accommodative monetary policy if, again, necessary. I think it's a safe bet that the RBA will err on the side of caution and call for a no change in Australian interest rates today.

RIP May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
... for financial markets May is easily the "Month of the PIGS". With only one trading day to go until May closes, I think it's safe to give this game to Team Bear. Congratulations to all those who sold and went away in May! Monday, 31 May 2010, is a Memorial ...

True Lies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... Lies, damned lies! This was China's response to a Financial Times report that its State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) met with foreign bankers to discuss reviewing its holdings of Eurozone bonds. SAFE manages Beijing's US$2.4 trillion worth ...

Up, down and round and round

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... was going well until... The Financial Times published a story saying that China's State administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) is reviewing its holdings of Eurozone bonds. Nothing wrong with that! Any astute investor -- given the uncertainty in Europe ...