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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
... Vodafone dragged and after higher-than-expected inflation data reduced the prospect of further interest rate cuts in the United States. The FTSE 100 index ended 73.3 points lower at 5,893.6. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended at 6899.68 points, down 102.61 ...

CAAM dons emerging markets cap

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... the first products to be launched in Australia," said Mauppin-Higashino. CAAM as an organisation has signed up with the United Nation's Principles for Responsible Investment. But for the hardcore socially responsible investor (SRI), the global emerging ...

Our rates a global sideshow

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... will ensure their superpower status for a long while yet. "While these trends reflect a shift in financial power from the United States toward other parts of the world, the sheer size and depth of the US market will give it a leading role on the international ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2008
... Management releases details of call for tenders for May 2021 bonds. In equities, Ansell Ltd, Primary Health Care Ltd and United Group Ltd release first half results. Climate science company Pacific Environment Ltd (PEH) lists on the Australian stock ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
... Pacific Holdings Ltd closes. The Australian share market closed down slightly on the back of inflation concerns in the United States, with the local resources sector the strongest performer. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 closed down 12.7 points at 5,596.7 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2008
The Australian share market was weaker at noon following inflation concerns in the United States and Rio Tinto's rejection of BHP's takeover offer. At 1207 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 53.2 points, or one per cent, at 5556.2, while the broader ...

World bank names new chief economist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... Bourguignon in May, after he retired to become director of the Paris School of Economics. He previously held roles on the United Nations Millennium Task Force on Hunger, the Working Group, the Eminent Persons Group of the Asian Development Bank, the ...

Ryan joins Fidelity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008
... Goodin's move from Tokyo to Sydney. Fidelity is a financial services and investment resources firm with offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Southeast Asia and Japan.

Gray shifts to academia

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... desire to "look around and try to do something different." "I'm looking at spending a bit of time working in places like the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR), and doing some academic research," he said. Gray will embark on several ...

CFS engages Innovest for ESG research

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... risk assessment is an important step in the alignment of our investment processes with the principles outlined in the PRI (United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment). [And] the outcomes from Innovest's research are very much in line with the ...