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Climate change rhetoric unsustainable

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
The reaction to the proposed plastic bag levy and expected energy price rises due to having to pay for carbon output shows Australia may not be as committed to sustainability as we claim to be. Australia is the nation which has the most signatories ...

Optimix to use local Indian know-how

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
Optimix chief investment officer Emmanuel Calligeris suggests fund managers who are only entering the market now face an uphill battle compared to those who have had a few years headstart. It took two years of hard work setting up the business but ING's ...

EMs too fast, too furious for sub-prime

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
Emerging markets are set to grow more than three times the rate of developed markets and will shrug off the sub-prime led liquidity crisis with ease, according to emerging markets wizard Mark Mobius. EMs investments expert Mobius from Templeton Asset ...

We knew it all along: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2008
While Treasury boss Ken Henry long ago knew what was wrong with the economy and what problems the previous government's policies were causing, he apparently didn't have the political influence and muscle to do much about it. Speaking at the Ian Little ...

Retail profits, currency price cuts and ag-flation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2008
Fighting inflation may be the government's number one policy fight right now, but another should be fighting contradictory policy suggestions and forcing retailers to pass on currency induced price cuts. Australia's major economic debate is how the ...

Lehman Bros wins Japanese trading approval

Lehman Brothers has received approval to trade certified emission reductions (CERs) in Japan, becoming the only global investment bank able to provide liquidity for the Asian and European carbon markets. The company is the first foreign financial firm ...

IFFP diverts commissions to charity

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
Industry Funds Financial Planning (IFFP) is donating sales commissions that cannot be rebated back to clients to an Indian charity project called Too Young to Work. Established in 1997, Too Young to Work aims to support education in India by building ...

SBI eyes infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
The State Bank of India (SBI) has positioned its portfolios to capture the expected boost in domestic infrastructure investment in India. Aashish Wakankar, SBI Funds Management vice president and fund manager, said the lack of infrastructure to support ...

Garnaut Review heralds an economic revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
Climate change to date has largely just been a political weapon but the Garnaut Climate Change Review presents a picture that could revolutionise how Australia's economy operates. The first challenge to conventional thinking is that despite Australia ...

India dominates global IPO

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
The volatile Indian stock market may have been hit harder than stock markets in the developed world during January but it hasn't frightened companies that believe in its upside, judging on latest global IPO data. The Indian market wide NIFTY index from ...