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Climate change funds tick all the boxes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
Dow Jones' decision to remove AGL from its Sustainability World Index (DJSWI) illustrates the overlap that now exists between infrastructure investments, traditional and alternative energy and sustainable investments. AGL was recently removed from the ...

Time out for specialist funds

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... make a call on the future of the investment bank specialist funds model. They agreed it was over. The infrastructure investment director for Super Investment Management, Richard Roberts, said: "No one is investing in the highly geared, diverse funds ...

Pereira bullish on Indian equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2008
... over the long term." Pereira said rising Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and growing private equity and infrastructure investment had compensated for a drop in the number of Indian initial price offerings (IPOs). Indeed, FDI rose 56 per cent over a one ...

Former Invesco duo harvest good returns

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
... leveraged companies, and the healthcare sector. We remain underweight listed property trusts, geared infrastructure investment vehicles, utilities, discretionary expenditure and US housing [and] consumer exposures," he said. Karara also announced that ...

IFM boosts stake in Ecogen

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... with the ongoing drought." IFM is owned by Industry Super Holdings and is one of the largest global infrastructure investment managers, with more than $17.6 billion under management in products and services worldwide. The firm has completed 47 infrastructure ...

CFS GAM rides $1bn infra wave

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... CFS GAM head or property and alternative investments, said the growth in funds under management in its infrastructure investment business reflected its skill and a rising demand for products. In addition, CFS GAM seeks to raise equity commitments of ...

Boost savings and cut interest rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... demonstrates that higher national savings can play a key role in both fighting inflation and boosting infrastructure investment, in addition to improving retirement incomes. "This report is intended to further encourage debate on the role government ...

PASF recruits UK pension CIO

The Professional Associations Superannuation Fund (PASF) hopes to make a bigger mark in superannuation land after appointing the former chief investment officer of a $9 billion-plus UK pension fund, Paul Kessell, as investment manager. PASF, which has ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2008
... steelmaking materials business. The Environment Business Australia forum on the cost of climate change on infrastructure investment will be held. Yesterday, the Australian share market recovered from earlier losses to end marginally in the red, after ...

Instos rushing to infrastructure

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
... of October 2007. One of the key drivers of this new investment trend according to Nick Langley, RARE Infrastructure investment director, is investors hunting for a replacement for their property investments. "One of the early adopters of RARE's [Value ...