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LUCRF divests $5 million of cluster munition and tobacco

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... fund believes that "engagement efforts would be futile in requesting tobacco and cluster munitions companies to cease producing tobacco and munitions." Hutchinson-Drake said that both industries have "potential risks to health, safety and lives" and ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... or 0.41 per cent, to 5,467.1 points. NEW YORK - Solid earnings and major pharmaceutical-sector deals lifted stocks, producing a sixth straight day of gains for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite Index. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 65.12 points ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... Commonwealth Bank was up 36 cents at $76.87. In the resources sector, Rio Tinto had advanced 63 cents to $63.89 despite producing and shipping less iron ore during the first three months of 2014 due to bad weather. BHP Billiton was up 34 cents at $37.70 ...

AMP opens three funds to retail investors

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... designed for pre-retirees and retirees. It delivers monthly income by actively managing a diversified range of income producing assets such as Australian and global equities and fixed income. The AMP Capital Australian Equity Income Fund will appeal ...

AMP Capital expands US and UK-based infra team

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... " AMP Capital has been investing in infrastructure debt since 1998 and focuses on defensive, non-cyclical, cash-flow producing assets.A Its first fund, IDF I, was closed to new investment in 2012 after raising US$503 million from 30 global institutional ...

Retiree confidence in super on the rise

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... executive Michael O'Neill said: "This is a result of sustained recovery in equity markets and a rising share market producing better returns." Despite the rise in satisfaction, Challenger chief executive of distribution, product and marketing Paul Rogan ...

Credit Suisse goes "wild" in its 2014 outlook

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
Bucking the trend of producing New Year outlook, Credit Suisse has considered remote scenarios including house prices rising by more than 10% and the dollar appreciating to post float highs in a new research paper. Entitled "Wild Ideas Down-under for ...

Resolution Capital celebrates 10-year anniversary

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
... retail investors and financial advisers, has outperformed by 6.3% p.a. since its inception more than five years ago, producing a total return of 11.6% p.a. All of Resolution Capital's real estate funds have also remained open to redemptions at all times. ...

UBS launches Australian dividend ETF

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2014
... has been brought to market at a time where lower cash rates and government bond yields are driving demand for yield producing investments, and an aging population is seeking a steady source of retirement income. Managed by UBS Global Asset Management ...

PE firms struggling with data management

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... access to interactive investor reporting. However, 70% said it is important to do so, and one-third of the firms said producing on-demand performance reports is challenging. "Prioritising investments in information systems is no longer seen as a 'nice ...