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Building a compelling case for direct property

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... valuation side, so why question the numbers?, he asked. The GFC shake-out was instead due to the failure of financial engineering and this should not distract trustees from the benefits of holding direct property. Parlevliet and Reily agreed that it ...

Rethink before you rebuild

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... like that anymore," she said. "Products are more complex but less diverse. In any other eco-system, from genetics to engineering, homogeneity combined with complexity sets off warning bells about unsustainability." Diplock said old thinking by regulators ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... higher coal prices. WorleyParsons rose 2.2 per cent to $28.96 even as first-half profit declined 6.8 per cent and the engineering services provider said that markets for its services were likely to improve in the second half. Still, Mr Leppinus said ...

Market wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2011
... Other key stocks had fallen, Mr Lakos said, offsetting the strength from the resources sector. Investors punished engineering firm Downer EDI, which said it would make another $250 million in provisions relating to the Waratah train project, following ...

AMP hires environment, social governance expert

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... Geneva. He also led the environment and sustainability practice at Ernst and Young in Sydney and has held roles at engineering consultancies WSP Group, CH2M Hill and Dames and Moore (URS). Kirkman will be responsible for employing the United Nations ...

INGIM hires two for Aussie equities

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... Investment Management where he was responsible for research coverage of a number of sectors including construction and engineering, commercial services and supplies, transport and chemicals. Patrick Barrett has been hired as director, real estate securities ...

Norwegian pension excludes tobacco firms

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... Norway's Government Pension Fund Global is a very active responsible investor. Last year, the fund placed the European engineering conglomerate, Siemens AG, 'on observation' after it was revealed the company had been embroiled in corruption early last ...

Bendigo head moves to ME Bank

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2010
... take up senior posts since August 2007, including most recently as chief executive, banking and wealth. McPhee holds engineering and business administration qualifications from the University of Adelaide. Anthony Wamsteker, the previous group chief executive ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... downgrade from WorleyParsons," Austock Securities senior client adviser, Michael Heffernan, said. In news on Wednesday, engineering and maintenance group WorleyParsons fell $3.10, or 10.56 per cent, to $26.25 after it lowered its 2010 full year profit ...

Job woes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... recession in December 2007. I speak, of course, of 40-year old Jason Rodriguez, a former employee of architectural engineering firm Reynolds, Smith and Hills who received a pink slip in July 2007 after working for only 11 months. He allegedly went on ...