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Clear focus to drive age pension reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
In reviewing the appropriate pension payment level, the government must decide if the fundamental purpose of the age pension is to reduce poverty or to replace income, argues the Institute of Actuaries (IA) in a new discussion paper. The paper, New ...

Bail-out might breach US constitution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
Rising concerns that the $1 trillion investment bank bail-out breaches the US constitution are making it difficult for Congress to quickly approach the bill. At Senate Banking Committee hearings on Capitol Hill, Senator Christopher J Dodd, a Democrat ...

AIG Australia insulated from US woes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
While the US Fed has offered to provide AIG Life $100 billion in liquidity funding, AIG's Australian customers are well insulated from any fall-out. "Acting to avert a possible financial crisis worldwide, the Federal Reserve reversed course on Tuesday ...

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 ...

ASFA proposes asset classification standards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2008
A background paper on how super funds should classify assets in their diversified investment options, prepared by the Association of the Super Funds of Australia (ASFA), has recommended funds and research groups standardise how they classify assets ...

Finance industry groups respond to ETS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
Australia's peak investment groups have finally come out of the closet on the government's proposed ETS model. A joint submission to the Government's Green Paper on the establishment of the emissions trading scheme (ETS) by the Australian Council of ...

Alternatives charter assoc heads Down Under

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
The rise and rise of alternative assets is pushing the need for specialists trained in the sector, said Craig Asche, chief executive of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIAA) when he visited Australia last week. Asche said ...

Hedge fund to invest $500m into carbon capture

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
Hedge fund group Och-Ziff is investing $500 million in carbon capture projects to create tradable greenhouse gas reduction abatement securities. The investment projects will focus on adaptive technology that will be attached to smokestacks of utility ...

ETS or carbon tax, still same problem

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2008
Whether or not the Australian ETS evolves into a carbon tax, businesses are now recognising that reducing carbon emissions is a mainstream economic issue that presents investment opportunities. "As a private person you may not like [having to reduce ...

AustralianSuper sticks with securities lending

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2008
AustralianSuper has reviewed its securities lending protocols and decided to continue the practice. "AustralianSuper, similar to most super funds, employs a range of short and long-selling strategies in order to maximise investment returns to members," ...