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NZ Super takes stand on nuclear weapons

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... explosive devices. Publicly listed companies Babcock & Wilcox, Fluor Corporation, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Jacobs Engineering Group, Serco Group and URS Corporation have been excluded from the portfolio. As at 31 March 2013, these companies accounted ...

Platinum remains bullish on Japan

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... Financial Standard, Neilson said the fund manager was proactively looking for Japanese companies, particularly heavy engineering, retailers, and banks. "I think retailers will start becoming quite interesting. Some of the banks are going to start making ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... Mining stocks fell, with BHP Billiton losing 14 cents to $34.65 and Rio Tinto falling 62 cents to $54.80. Resources engineering group Transfield Services saw its shares plummet to a record low on Tuesday morning after it cut its profit forecast and slashed ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... BHP Billiton jumped 57 cents to $34.33, Rio Tinto surged 17 cents to $54.85 and Fortescue added six cents to $3.51. Engineering giant WorleyParsons has cut its profit guidance to between $320 million and $340 million because of delays to major resources ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... positive for the moment. Global miner BHP Billiton was 12 cents lower at $33.28, and Rio Tinto dumped 80 cents to $57.23. Engineering and asset management firm Calibre Group plummeted 61 cents, or 50.41 per cent, to 60 cents after it issued a profit ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... also has a large exposure to the US market, was another strong performer, up 37 cents, or 2.9 per cent, at $13.12. Engineering firm UGL disappointed the market, with a 53 per cent drop in first half profit due to restructuring costs. Its shares were ...

Advisers expect greater focus on efficiency after FoFA

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... improve their efficiency than a range of other initiatives, such as outsourcing, client segmentation, and process re-engineering. Almost 55% of surveyed advisers rated 'Making more use of technology including mobile technology' as important or very important ...

TAL Direct appoints marketing head

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... direct business has continued to realign around our customer base." Hunt holds a first class MA MEng in Manufacturing Engineering from Cambridge University. TAL Direct operates the InsuranceLine brand, plus numerous "white label" alliances producing ...

Super debate flawed: ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... Nobel laureate in economics, Robert Merton, speaking at a recent FINSIA gathering. Merton is advocating for better engineering of retirement solutions focused on maximising the probability of achieving a member's desired target income subject to a minimum ...

IFM partners with AMC

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... of infrastructure. "This partnership reconfirms our commitment to that process," he added. As the peak body for all engineering disciplines, the Asset Management Council aims to create a broad awareness of the value of asset management and provide a ...