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Carbon transport the next big thing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
Investors looking for a radical way to grow their savings should watch out for new industries that will develop out of the storage and transportation of carbon dioxide, as the move towards using clean coal power stations continue to gain traction. "On ...

US property still has upside

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... speculative construction is much more difficult to finance. The fear of substantial overbuilding, palpable this past [northern] spring, is receding sharply and the markets should firm, driving real rent gains by 2010." A broader question however is whether ...

BRIC sector splits SRI managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... glaring failures on the human rights front - the death sentence, Guantanamo and its huge prison population are three that spring to mind," he said. However, Hunter Hall does have a strict exclusion policy within its Global Deep Green Trust, which means ...

The lighter side of super: HESTA

Laughter is not only the best medicine, it can also be a handy educational tool judging from a new financial literacy initiative of HESTA Super. HESTA has signed up comedian Fiona O'Loughlin, who is a regular Spicks and Specks panelist, to feature in ...

Mirvac appoints exec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2007
... five unlisted property trusts as well as manage the other unlisted real estate equity funds namely Seascapes and Meadow Spring. An employee of MFM since 2006, Packett was previously responsible for the portfolio management and performance of a number ...

Here, kitty kitty

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
While extreme weather conditions have already impacted the world's main food producers, increasing inflation and raising price pressures, a bush tucker diet including feral cats may be the answer. According to Brian Turner, executive editor of UK personal ...

Plan B up 40 pct on debut

Portfolio administration to funds management group Plan B Group Holdings closed its first day on the stockmarket at $1.40, a hefty 40 per cent premium over its listing price. Among those who benefited from the strong trading were the more than 50 per ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2007
... dollar extended its gains against the yen. Trade was relatively thin with many participants away for Japan's Golden Week spring holidays. The Nikkei rose 119.94 points to 17,394.92. HONG KONG - Blue chips gained 0.34 per cent, as HSBC rose after a Dubai-based ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
... 6712.06 points. PARIS - The CAC-40 index lost 1.09 points to 5502.18. TOKYO - The Japanese stock market was closed for the Spring Equinox Day holiday. On Tuesday the Nikkei climbed 153.65 points to 17,163.20. HONG KONG - Hong Kong blue chips rose as ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open stronger following Wall Street's healthy gain overnight. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0755 AEST, the December share price index contract was 21 points higher at 5352. Today Perpetual Ltd will hold ...