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NZ Super to look for green mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
Australian fund managers looking for mandates from the $16.4 billion NZ Super Fund may soon have to display how they input environmental, social and governance factors in their strategies as the fund pushes ESG considerations higher on its priority ...

Fortune cookie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
Move on people, there wasn't a lot of shaking that went on in Wall Street last night. The US equity market closed almost as flat as pancake after the US Commerce Department released the latest update on retail sales that - once again - could be interpreted ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
The Australian share market had held onto early gains at noon, led by financial and resources stocks, following positive offshore leads and better-than-expected results from a domestic business confidence survey. At 1206 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 ...

Banks to raise capital reserves

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Landmark reforms will force global banks to raise their minimum capital requirements by at least double what they are today to avert another financial crisis - but the new rules, if adopted, could damage the smaller institutions. Bank regulators and ...

APRA post super assets at $1.23tr

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
Superannuation assets fell by $31.3 billion for the June quarter, according to APRA's latest Quarterly Superannuation Performance report. Total assets declined by 2.5 per cent ($31.3 billion) during the June quarter while performance rate of super assets ...

Rewind and replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
Nothing new. It's the same old song. If only this space allows for instant replay, it would be easier to ask you to rewind, then simply playback my past ruminations. Wall Street inched up overnight, but not so convincingly. So why is this? Why? Why? ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market has received a mixed lead from offshore markets, after Wall Street closed higher but oil and metals prices fell. At 0737 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was 19 points higher at ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
The Australian stock market was higher at noon, led by strength across banking and finance stocks. At 1202 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 40.8 points, or 0.9 per cent, at 4,578 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had risen 39.6 ...

Zurich kit connects advisers to new clients

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2010
Zurich has launched a financial adviser kit to assist advisers catering to clients in the medical profession. In the wake of the election decision and the Independent MP's stance, rural areas and medical professionals are expected to receive far greater ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
"Girl on a swing, swing high Girl on a swing, swing low... She comes with the light Then goes with the night..." Gerry & the Pacemakers must be looking into Wall Street 2010 when they sang this tune back in 1966. "Girl on a swing, swing high." The S&P ...