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What's luck got to do with it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013

How green are 'green funds'?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
Superannuation funds offering 'green' or 'sustainable' investment options may be misleading their members, with big polluters often topping the holdings lists. The top holding in AustralianSuper's Australian sustainable fund (managed by Perpetual) is ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... Overall manufacturing activity in the 17-nation eurozone last month grew at its fastest pace since June 2011, according to a poll by data firm Market. The monthly purchasing managers index rose to 51.6 from 51.3 in October. But the readings for France ...

Right direction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013

Combet joins IFM Investors board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
Former Labor minister for climate change Greg Combet will take up a position on the board of industry fund-owned investment manager IFM Investors. The appointment comes a month after it was announced that Combet would be taking up a year-long advisory ...

Internet chosen ahead of professionals for advice

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013

Congress dysfunction hits US bond confidence

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
Political dysfunction in the US has raised concerns the super power may not fully pay bond holders, a risk formerly only associated with emerging market economies. BlackRock Inc has just released its latest 'Willingness to Pay' report that contains ...

Not long now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013

Under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... witch (Kevin has knifed her back for him months before) - the carbon and mining taxes? The answer, my friends, is with the poll results. While the Australian Electoral Commission's latest count shows a clear win for the Coalition in its latest count ...

Coalition victory to boost business confidence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013
A Coalition victory in tomorrow's election will provide a welcome boost to business confidence but without a majority in both houses the lift may not be enough to plug the hold left by the end of the mining investment phase, according to UBS strategist ...