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Citigroup puts a cost on climate change

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
A report has just been released by Citigroup Australia consulting analyst Elaine Prior on the effect of climate change on companies within the ASX100. The analysis follows the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDPP4) which surveyed 225 investors globally with ...

Macquarie appoints insto business manager

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
Macquarie Adviser Services has appointed an ex-Merrill Lynch investment specialist to the newly created position of institutional business manager for the Macquarie Professional Series range of funds. Angus Carson joins Macquarie with Peter Shepherd ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher, after a modest rise on United States markets on Friday. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0736 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up 25 points at 5,444. Today, Babcock and Brown Power ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
The Reserve Bank of Australia announced that it will not lift the cash rate from its present level of 6.25 per cent. This may be seen as a consequence of further evidence of a slowing national economy as retail sales remain flat, new motor vehicle sales ...

Data quality a global problem

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2006
According to a new survey by AIM Software, the global financial industry continues to struggle complying with Basel II, Markets in Financial Instruments Directives and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, citing data quality as their biggest problem. The survey ...

AMP Capital Investors opens door to China securities

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2006
AMP Capital Investors is hoping to raise $280 million for its new AMP Capital China Growth Fund, giving investors access to China A shares normally off limits to Australian investors. China A shares are equities listed on the Shanghai or Shenzhen stock ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2006
The returns to the house prices of the Australian capital cities has shown a weighted average return over the year to September of 9.5 per cent of which Western Australia property values increased a staggering 45.9 percent, Darwin a healthy 17.3 and ...

Back the winning horse, all the time

Citigroup compared it to "choosing the horse after the race has run" when it launched a product that gives investors a pick from three multi-asset portfolios but the returns of the top performing portfolio, whether the investor chose it or not. 'Optimiser ...

Perennial to re-think global fixed income strategy

Perennial Investment Partners is re-evaluating its global fixed income strategy with its five year contract with Legg Mason owned overseas manager Western Asset Management (WAM) ending today. A lot of things can happen in five years. In WAM's case ...

Not-for-profits need to engage with industry: IFSA

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
Speaking at the Catholic Social Services Australia Conference on Wednesday, Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) chief executive officer, Richard Gilbert, urged the not-for-profit sector to get more involved with industry to help underpin ...