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UK green and ethical fund hit $16bn

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
UK's green and ethical funds have surpassed $16 billion, four times the amount more than a decade ago. London-based Experts in Responsible Investment Solutions (EIRIS) found the ethical and green retail market represents around 750,000 investors, up ...

Magellan raises cash six-fold on Euro debt fears

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... and Taco Bell; eBay; McDonalds; Coca Cola and Proctor & Gamble. "Most of these companies are trading at around 11 to 14 times earnings, it kind of peaks out at around 15 times earnings, but is still at a discount to the Australian market not withstanding ...

Great disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... a "huge" number -- the largest monthly gain in 10 years -- would have sent Wall Street soaring. But these are not normal times and neither were expectations. Even before the payrolls stats were released I warned that with such high expectations, the ...

BRW Rich 200 lists fin services best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2010
... research highlighted the fund manager's popularity among Australia's financial planners. It found financial planners are three times more likely to favour Platinum Asset Management over other international equities fund managers when placing client money. ...

Local unis smash US funds returns

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Local university endowment funds investments performed three times better than their US counterparts - a trend that looks set to continue as local institutions up the ante on alternative assets. According to a Mercer report that surveyed 27 institutions ...

True Lies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
Lies, damned lies! This was China's response to a Financial Times report that its State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) met with foreign bankers to discuss reviewing its holdings of Eurozone bonds. SAFE manages Beijing's US$2.4 trillion worth ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... in the 16-nation bloc. China, the world's largest holder of foreign-exchange reserves, called the report in the Financial Times that it was mulling such a move "baseless". Some of the climb could also be tied to short-covering, which occurs when traders ...

Up, down and round and round

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
... OECD report raising its growth forecasts for its 30-member nations and positive economic data out of America, Financial Times cried booh! Wall Street started with a cheery disposition at the opening bell. And why not? The screens were flashing with news ...

BTIM names software provider for platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... on behalf of investors. According to Cadis, a major advantage of their approach is the software can be implemented seven times more rapidly than other competitor products on the market. Steven Longo, head of information technology, said Cadis would act ...

US consumers to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... quoted the head of market analysis at Schneider Foreign Exchange saying that the European banks' problems will be "Lehman times Ten." Sure it may happen, if Newton's third law of motion doesn't apply. Remember it? "For every action, there's an equal ...