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The biggest loser

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... better than forecasts for a 2.6 per cent decrease in Japanese real GDP and the 2.8 per cent contraction predicted for the United Kingdom. However, given its fourth quarter economic scorecard, Eurozone growth for 2009 may yet be revised lower. But with ...

Bennelong signs ex-ARIA chief Gibbs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... chief executive and has also held a number of roles on the ASX and Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan also invited Gibbs to help formalise what would become the United Nations Principles ...

PE group adopts ESG

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... after a meeting with PEC and some of the worlds' largest institutional investors. The principles have the backing of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). This means PEC members are required to consider public safety and ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
The Australian stock market was down at noon as it continued to weather a weak lead from the United States. The local market saw little relief as investor confidence ebbed after the US congress haggled over its stimulus package. By 1200 AEDT the benchmark ...

CFS pumps up ESG investing

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... major factors to consider," said CFS chief investment officer David Dixon. Colonial First State first signed up to the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment in March 2007. According to CFS, the global financial crisis has put into context ...

VicSuper and HESTA champion ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... research. It is also committed to collect data to track long-term performance of its research, and work closely with the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment Research Database. HESTA and VicSuper are now looking for fund managers and other ...

Worst of the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... for guessing but which G-7 country is suffering a worse hangover than the US? Clue: Its name also starts with the word United. In its latest World Economic Outlook report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted that global growth would slow ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... points, or 2.79 per cent, to 3392.3. NEW YORK - Some of Wall Street's earnings anxiety has eased after companies including United States Steel Corp and American Express Co managed to post profits in a difficult recession. The major indices briefly stumbled ...

CAAM and Soc Gen merger good for Australia

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... management business, SGAM. The deal also involves merging 20 per cent of TWC, SGAM's asset management subsidiary in the United States. In addition to managing the $1.3 trillion in assets, the merged company will have more than $3.6 billion of net banking ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... $38.10. MORE rlm/pe Mr Potter said the domestic financial sector had been spooked by talks of bank nationalisation in the United Kingdom. "It's doing nothing for confidence," he said. At 1205 AEDT, National Australia Bank had lost 58 cents, or 3.2 per ...