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Blame planners, not me: Costello

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
Just when you thought the financial crisis couldn't get any crazier, former Treasurer Peter Costello said planners are to blame for super fund members losing money from their super fund accounts following the stockmarket rout. "The government didn't ...

AIG not impacted by bail-out failure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
This morning's bail-out failure does not impact AIG, whose funding has already been approved and put in place. Congress this morning rejected the bail-out legislation 228 votes to 205 after two-thirds of Republican legislators dismissed the bill's pre-conditions ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market had moved into the red by noon, dragged lower by the big miners and most of the major banks, while the local market digested news of the agreement reached in the US on the Wall Street bailout. At 1217 AEST, the benchmark ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market generally has received positive leads from Wall Street, particularly with news this morning that US congressmen have reached agreement on a rescue package for US financial institutions. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0745 ...

Bail-out might breach US constitution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
Rising concerns that the $1 trillion investment bank bail-out breaches the US constitution are making it difficult for Congress to quickly approach the bill. At Senate Banking Committee hearings on Capitol Hill, Senator Christopher J Dodd, a Democrat ...

GES and Limestone launch Eastern Europe SRI fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... investment universe contains roughly 250 companies across former member states of the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Romania, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia, Albania, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The fund attempts to avoid investing in company equities that ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2008
... 33 cents to $21.30 and Consolidated Media was down four cents to $4.42. The most heavily traded stock at 1224 AEDT was Republic Gold with 32.34 million shares changing hands worth $2.25 million. Republic announced today that it had failed in a bid to ...

BRIC sector splits SRI managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... which means they don't invest in Cameroon, North Korea, the Russian Federation, Japan, Norway, Sudan and the People's Republic of China. Hall said by refusing to invest in these markets, fund managers could be missing out but added many of their funds ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... Centre shares, however, which lost 96 cents, or 3.52 per cent, to $26.28. Overall, at 1227 AEDT, the most traded stock was Republic Gold Ltd with 33.2 million shares trading hands worth $5.7 million. The company's share price rose two cents, or 12.5 ...

S&P launch three new Shariah indices

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... S&P/IFCI Large-MidCap Shariah index focuses on emerging markets, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa ...