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UniSuper stands up for ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... RA will help provide a very useful framework in this endeavour," he said. ESG RA, which has the support of one of the country's largest fund managers Colonial First State, has five main commitments. It aims to publicly state that super funds and financial ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... says underlying earnings were strong. The property giant's shares added 51 cents, or 5.23 per cent, to $10.26. Macquarie Country wide added one cent to 12 cents and Goodman found 3.5 cents, or 14.29 per cent, to 28 cents a share.

Australia faces financial hub contender

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... Richard Gilbert, chief executive of the Investment and Financial Services Association, is also an advocate, highlighting the country's well-regulated financial system. Singapore is expected to unveil its tax plans in full next month.

IBM Cognos measures credit risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... sooner to credit risk issues, particularly with the government-led bail-put programs making them accountable to their country's regulatory and political heads. Laurence Trigwell, global leader in financial services at IBM Cognos, said that the company's ...

Riccardian equivalence redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... US when all this is over, Obama is contributing to American's pessimism. There could be no argument that tackling the country's ballooning budget deficit is a step in the right direction. However, with nerves as fragile as they are today - wealth destroyed ...

Alaska fund drops alternatives mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... investments in directly-held companies doing business in Sudan this year - a move that shows their protest of the African country's genocide practices. The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation Board of Trustees endorsed legislation introduced by Governor ...

Malaysia tops shariah funds list

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... Malaysia may have overtaken Saudi Arabia to boast the highest number of shariah funds in the world - but the Asian Islamic country has a long way to go in building up assets for each of its 145 funds, according to a new report. November figures from ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... Ltd release annual results. First half results are due from Healthscope Ltd, PaperLinx Ltd, Sims Metal Management Ltd, Country Road Ltd, ING Office Fund, Servcorp, and Adelaide Brighton Ltd. In the US, gold digger Newmont Mining Corporation also releases ...

Insurance bonds renaissance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... 2008 Awards. The two organisations have introduced a new category, "Investment Bond of the Year 2008" to identify the country's top insurance, friendly society and overall investment bonds providers, among others.

Invest in shares or migrate: Ruthven

MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... hovering around 3,400. "If you don't think the share market is going to recover then you'd better pack up and leave the country because it's the only source of what you might call 'active return' that's available," he said. "Bonds are a passive return ...