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ASX companies lag on climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
A Reputex report has revealed four out of five Australian listed companies are risking their profit-generating potential by not adopting climate change policies. Using a scale from -1, representing the lowest score and +1, the highest possible score ...

Austock to list with $214m cap

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
Austock Group has announced it will begin its float on November 20, with six million shares on offer at $1.80 a share, giving the company a market capitalisation of $214.3 million. The minimum subscription of six million shares will represent 4.8 percent ...

Portfolio Partners predicts 30-year resources boom

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
Portfolio Partners predicts Australia is about to experience a "30-year resources boom", and has developed a new Australian Resources Trust to take advantage of it. The trust will invest in oil and energy, as well as base metals and small cap agricultural ...

BankWest branches into super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
BankWest has propelled itself onto the superannuation market with Lite Super, a low cost, indexed based super fund accessible online. Lite Super provides no entry or exit fees, a 1.25 per cent ongoing fee, four diversified indexed investment choices ...

Aurora to list buy-write income trust

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
Aurora Funds Management has launched their initial public offering (IPO) for their Infrastructure Buy-Write Income Trust. The move follows the company's launch of their buy-write property income trust in June, and will offer retail investors what it ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
The Australian market is expected to open higher with Wall Street finishing ahead overnight. At 0705 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Market, the December share price index was 6840, up 18 points on a volume of 1,375 trades. In economic news today, the AOFM ...

ESG funds pip mainstream

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
Funds that systematically factor in environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are achieving better returns and grew at twice the rate of their mainstream counterparts, according to a new report. The latest research from Responsible Investment ...

Liquidnet rollout gains ASIC approval

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
Liquidnet Australia has received Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) approval to roll out phase one of its new software that will allow institutions to trade large blocks of equities directly and anonymously with each other. The software ...

Gunns fuels CG debate

Corporate governance is back in the spotlight after ANZ said it will only finalise its lending decision on Gunns' proposed $1.7 billion pulp mill once it has completed an independent "green" assessment of the project. ANZ has declined an interview request ...

IWL's trading platform in your pocket

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
IWL's online stockbroking business, Sanford Securities, has taken share trading mobile with the launch of Australia's first dedicated mobile share trading website for both 2G and 3G internet-enabled mobile phones and PDA's. Know as 'Sanford2GO', the ...