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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... stocks fell 54 cents, or 3.2 per cent, to $16.63, amidst backlash over the phone hacking scandal in the UK. News's non-voting scrip dropped 3.8 per cent, by 64 cents, to $16.09. National turnover at 1229 AEST was 873 million shares worth $1.72 billion ...

van Eyk appoints head of ratings

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... Committee, along with chief executive Mark Thomas and external consultant Damien Hennessy. O'Brien will continue to be a voting member of the fund manager research ratings committee. van Eyk claims to have $92 billion un funds under advice.

Super funds fail green assessment

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... relating to the environmental aspects of investments. Such benchmarks include portfolio emissions intensity, fossil fuel risk, voting disclosure, climate hedging strategy and disclosure to members. The AODP will be applying these ranks to funds in its ...

Advisers shape new unlisted property market

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... fund has scrapped four key points that have traditionally been part of unlisted property funds. Centuria has reduced the voting level required to remove Centuria Property Funds to 35 per cent of all units (down from 50 per cent), performance fees are ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
... October, although some content will remain free. News stocks were down 27 cents, or 1.62 per cent, to $16.35, while its non-voting scrip was 15 cents lower, or 0.94 per cent, at $15.81. Virgin Blue was the most traded stock, after it announced plans ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... per cent, to $26.64. Telstra eased one cent to $3.02. News Corporation fell 29 cents, or 1.72 per cent to $16.56, its non-voting scrip lost 29 cents, or 1.78 per cent, to $16.00, and rival Fairfax Media dropped 1.5 cents, or 1.47 per cent, to $1.005. ...

Advisers launch FOFA attack

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... political process so when the house sits in spring and the Members of Parliament vote, they know exactly what they are voting for on the proposed FOFA legislation," he said. The Financial Planning Association, which has 8000 members, said it had also ...

Sunsuper appoints ESG specialist

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... would report on the fund's governance activities to internal stakeholders and work with management to direct shareholder voting in the best interest of members. "Our members expect us to consider the environmental, social and governance impacts of our ...

Super funds fail on carbon disclosure

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... super funds accused of not 'walking the walk' after the nation's first climate change resolution did not pass, despite voting funds saying they support carbon disclosure. The vote was held at Australian oil and gas company Woodside's annual general meeting ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... and Brambles, were not as strong, but still in the black. At 1208 AEST, NewsCorp was up 12 cents at $17.35 and its non-voting scrip had added 12 cents at $16.25 while Brambles was three cents higher at $6.96. Mr Xiradis said the Australian dollar's momentum ...