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Barclays emits carbon trading ETN

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
Barclays Bank PLC launched the iPath Global Carbon Exchange Traded Note (ETN) on the NYSE Arca stock exchange to provide investors with exposure to greenhouse gas emission trading schemes. The iPath ETN is linked to Barclay's Capital Global Carbon Index ...

Goodbye ACMSF, hello Sunsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
The $165 million Anglican Church Master Superannuation Fund (ACMSF) closed its doors last month - prompting the transfer of all members and assets to the $13 billion Sunsuper. According to a statement on the ACMSF website, the fund's Trustee has been ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... business survey for June. In company news, Telstra Corporation Ltd group managing director public policy and communication Phil Burgess will address the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia on "two cultures re-examined." The local market declined ...

S&P place Advance Asian fund 'on hold'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2008
Standard & Poor's downgraded Advance Asian Equity fund from four stars to 'on hold' after the fund replaced its underlying investment manager, Maple-Brown Abbott, to Lion Global Investors. Lion Global Investors forms part of Singapore's Overseas Chinese ...

Sovereign bonds bouncing back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
Asia Pacific sovereign bond issues, which slowed dramatically during 2007, have recovered lost ground with A$11 billion in new issues in the last six months. The rise is so strong that second quarter 2008 issues are up 43 per cent on the same time last ...

Perpetual sells $250m infra funds to Palisade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
Infrastructure may be all the rage but Perpetual has opted to hand in the reins to its infrastructure funds to Palisade Investment Partners, part of Pinnacle Investment Management. As part of the deal, infrastructure specialist Palisade will own the ...

Russell chief resigns

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
Russell Investments' chief executive Craig Ueland has resigned and will be replaced by executive vice president of Northwestern Mutual, John Schlifske. Ueland spent 25 years at Russell, and was named chief executive in 2004. He left the company early ...

Deloitte warns against split regulation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... Paper on financial services and credit reform but warned against separately regulating mortgage and non-mortgage lenders. Phil Hardy, Deloitte banking and finance specialist, said the firm was concerned minister for superannuation and corporate law ...

Three step advice to commodities

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
If you're thinking of palming a slice of the commodities boom, stop and consider a three pronged alternative strategy that will give you the edge in an SRI-conscious world. Kingsley Jones, international portfolio equities manager at Macquarie Funds ...

Asian banks still insulated from sub-prime

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
While the sub-prime disaster caused chaos in developed world credit markets, the Asian banking system continues to weather the storm amazingly well. Moody's Investors Service said the ratings outlook for many banks is generally stable and for some it's ...