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Agriculture drives biofuel investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... said Jon Sutton, the bank's executive general manager of agribusiness. "In the United States - one of the largest wheat producing countries in the world and the largest wheat exporter - there has been a definite move away from traditional wheat and barley ...

Super gender gap narrows

... government on financial literacy initiatives. "The Australian government, through their financial literacy unit, has started producing fact sheets for women [on their super]. We're also looking at ways to work with state governments and the Australian ...

Post sub-prime, ethics more crucial than ever: CFAs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... said Diermeir. There must also be tougher emphasis on codes of conduct and ethics, which is why the CFA Institute is producing many papers on trustee, investment manger and fiduciary standards that they hope will be adopted around the world.

Subprime wipes 500bp off loonie pension

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... McDougall, director advisory services for RBC Dexia. The survey showed Canadian equities as the dominant asset class, producing a respectable 8.5 per cent over the year, but lagging the S&P TSX Composite Index by 1.3 per cent. McDougall added that it ...

Mico receives Industry Excellence Award

... has been instrumental in developing the IFSA strategy to bridge the risk protection gap - a campaign which is already producing solid results for IFSA's life insurance members and their five million customers." Michelle Baltazar

Retirees short on yield

... Michael Hobbs In the aftermath of the subprime mortgage crisis, the report warned retirees needed to be wary of income producing investments as managers have re-engineered investment products to generate greater returns, and in some instances created ...

Legalsuper recovers a million in super

... of people we know who are still to receive their [lost super] because it can be quite a lengthy process in terms of producing ID and so on," said Maxine Jacona, legalsuper's chief operating officer. Jacona said the average amount reclaimed from the ATO ...

Equities' erratic flight path

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
... strap ourselves in and get ready for more bumps. Sub-prime related credit uncertainty and a slowing economy are still producing some gasps on US markets with repercussions felt worldwide. The Federal Reserve's focus has justifiably switched from inflation ...

Surplus surpluses and soaring profits

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
While uncertainty is still producing some gasps on US markets, our local markets are breathing easier and supported further by favourable economic indicators. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Chairman of the Banking Committee, Senator Chris ...

AXA takes care of business

... [clients] thought were unnecessary. We also found that over 70 per cent of our clients were unprofitable so that we weren't producing the income for our time. It's mindblowing," he said. That led Haywood to implement a series of changes including setting ...