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Anti-terrorism ins board names new director

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2008
... commercial property and infrastructure and was established following the withdrawal of cover after the terrorist attacks in the United States of America on 11 September 2001. Azarias is currently a non-executive director on the SBS Board and a former ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2008
The Australian share market was lower at noon despite a rise in United States markets overnight. The global miners, gold stocks and some of the major banks weighed upon the bourse. ABN Amro Morgans private client adviser Trent Muller said the local ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
... the Australian Office of Financial Management announces the results of its Treasury bond tender. In company news, Austar United Communications Ltd announces first quarter results. There is a meeting of Lift Capital creditors. Wesfarmers Ltd hosts a bi-annual ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2008
... average fell 3.05 per cent, with exporters such as Canon Inc and Sony Corp hit by the yen's strength and further evidence the United States may be in recession. The benchmark Nikkei average ended down 406.22 points at 12,917.51. HONG KONG - Shares tracked ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2008
... October 1987 market crash. The news also dragged down shares of a wide range of multinational companies, including IBM and United Technologies. The Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers said its preliminary index of confidence fell sharply ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2008
... Ordinaries fell by 50.9 points, or 0.9 per cent, to 5583.5. NEW YORK - US stocks fell overnight after bellwether stock United Parcel Service slashed its earnings forecast and oil prices hit a record intraday high above $112 per barrel, darkening the ...

Gray to advise Brookvine

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
... special advisory role. In January, Gray resigned from GMO as head of strategy to pursue academic projects and work with the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees. Prior to GMO, Gray worked at Sunsuper as chief investment officer and also at AMP ...

MBP signs to UNPRI

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
Fund manager Maple-Brown Abbott has signed on to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) - a decision that will see the firm overhaul its corporate governance and investment strategies going forward. According to a statement ...

Agriculture drives biofuel investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... boosting opportunities for Australian farmers, said Jon Sutton, the bank's executive general manager of agribusiness. "In the United States - one of the largest wheat producing countries in the world and the largest wheat exporter - there has been a ...

CARE joins Carbon Disclosure Project

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... Lander, CARE Super chief executive, said signing the project would add an extra layer of investment analysis on top of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment ideals. "Given the increasing importance of climate change as an investor ...