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GES and Limestone launch Eastern Europe SRI fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... Eastern European market was gaining traction after structural reforms and required or expected compliance with European Union (EU) regulations had recently been announced.

US dollar slips after Federal Reserve cuts key interest rate

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... in the 15 nations that use the euro cooled in April, as economic confidence sank to a two and a half year low. European Union officials have said that high energy and food prices have pushed Europe into "inflationary shock". Unlike the Fed and the Bank ...

Toy story

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
... cheap toys especially in the lead-up to Christmas is big business for any manufacturer. However, back in August European Union data, revealed that Chinese goods were responsible for 55 per cent of a 50 per cent increase in recalled product, highlighting ...

Morgan Stanley launches carbon bank

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
Global financial services group Morgan Stanley has created its own carbon bank allowing clients to review and offset carbon using worldwide industry standards. The Morgan Stanley Carbon Bank is being launched in conjunction with international emissions ...

Not made in China

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
... Australia and New Zealand while further tests are being conducted on Chinese-made children's clothing. According to European Union data, in the last month, Chinese goods were responsible for 55 per cent of a 50 per cent YTD increase on recalled products. ...

QWL sets sights on Eastern Europe

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
... targeting high growth in Eastern Europe, hoping to take advantage of the region's improving integration within the European Union. The QWL Euro # III Fund is being seeded with a $10 million injection and will invest into listed equities through the Stockholm ...

ASX preps for emissions scheme

... aspects of an ETS. The world's first multi-country emissions trading system and the largest scheme so far was the European Union (EU) Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) which was formed in 1 January 2005. UK-listed hedge fund manager Man Investments released ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2007
... While this would probably help reduce the deficit with China, the US still has a US$117 billion deficit with the European Union and an US$88 billion one with Japan. This result in tandem with President George Bush's call for an extra US$145 billion for ...

T.Rowe Price wins Chinese govt fund mandate

... 336 million. That is, the population of those over 65 (336 million) will be similar to the total population of 15 European Union nations. Michelle Baltazar

US slowdown won't hurt China

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2006
... believes investment spending will follow," said McCormack. Anyway, shortfalls in US demand could be taken up by the European Union, which is nearly as big an export market anyway for Chinese goods, he said. "Fitch forecasts US economic growth will fall ...