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Turkeys, PIGS and Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
While investors had no recourse but to leave Americans at peace to bite heartily into their Thanksgiving turkeys - markets were closed - many were still shooting down European PIGS at the same time that Koreans were shooting down each other. After sending ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
The Australian share market was firmer to noon as higher metals prices buoyed local resource stocks. By 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had added 15.7 points, or 0.34 per cent, to 4,609.1. The broader All Ordinaries index was up 16.7 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
The Australian market is receiving strongly negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with all significant equities indices down sharply, along with base metals. Precious metals were higher, however, as was oil. On the ASX 24 at 0715 AEDT, the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
The Australian market is receiving mixed to negative leads from offshore trading overnight, with equities markets generally lower after bouncing back from deeper falls, while precious metals were higher. Oil fell slightly after also rebounding. On the ...

Shareholders vent fury over exec pay

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
The deep wounds caused by the GFC to investors are a long way from healing, with shareholder resentment over executive pay packets still at an all-time high. Despite a surging share price and strong business performance in the last financial year, shareholders ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
The Australian share market edged into positive territory in intra-day trading on light volumes as big investors sat on the sidelines awaiting more market direction. At 1200 AEDT the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 6.4 points, or 0.14 per cent, at ...

Direct property makes a comeback

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
A number of super funds including Professional Associations Super, Asset Super, Sunsuper and AustralianSuper have added their exposure to direct property in recent months, Rainmaker research shows. Direct property is back en vogue as investors look ...

Instos want more rewards for low-carbon assets

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
A group statement signed by 259 global investors, with collective assets totalling over US$15 trillion, calls for stronger policies to incentivise more private capital going into sustainable investments The group statement expresses concern for "risks ...

Fin services execs earn big bucks

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
The financial services industry's top executives continue to be among the best paid professionals, according to the Australian Financial Review's latest executive salary review. Alongside the usual suspects - including chief executives of the big 4 ...

CalPERS deploys US$500m into ESG, OTPP buys Chunnel link

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
North American pension funds have been actively pursuing investment opportunities this week, and in typically unconventional fashion. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has invested $500 million into a new internally managed ...