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HESTA CEO calls for carbon pricing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... governments to introduce carbon pricing in an effort to push more money into low-carbon investments. Speaking at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York yesterday, Corboy said HESTA was willing to work with governments to enact carbon pricing reforms. ...

Global investors call for action on climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... they lay out some ways in which governments can facilitate more green investment. The statement comes ahead of the United Nations Climate Summit to be held on Tuesday. "There is a significant gap between the amount of capital that will be required to ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... Chinese authorities see the need to do it." It's been reported China is injecting 500 billion yuan ($81 billion) into the nations largest banks to stimulate the economy. In the resources sector, BHP Billiton fell 42 cents to $35.42, Rio Tinto lost 64 ...

Hockey names infrastructure top priority for G20

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... G20 meeting which kicks off today in Cairns. Speaking at the Bloomberg Sydney Summit this morning, Hockey said the G20 nations are agreed that structural reform is needed to reach their stated target of an additional 2% global growth by 2018, and that ...

Easy money to fill in the slack at the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... your hands all ye who thinks that their economy is growing above and beyond potential, that there's no slack in their nations' respective labour markets or that their labour force is not "under-utilised", and that it's time... to normalise interest rates? ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
... cent) to 4,355.05. Russian President Vladimir Putin slapped one-year bans and limits on food and agricultural imports from nations that have imposed sanctions on Russia over its defiant stance on Ukraine. Meanwhile, Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox ...

Govt begins long-awaited retirement income review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
... provider, also welcomed the paper. A spokesperson for the company said: "As noted by the FSI, Australia lags other developed nations when it comes to guaranteed lifetime income stream products. We expect DLAs to be popular with retirees if the barriers ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... approached Baghdad, the Iraqi prime minister fired several top security commanders and Iraq's representative to the United Nations described the current upheaval as Iraq's "biggest threat to its sovereignty and territorial integrity" in years. In economic ...

ASX considers UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has said it is 'considering the progress' of the United Nations' 'Sustainable Stock Exchanges' (SSE) initiative, following news that the London Stock Exchange has become the tenth exchange to sign up to the program. ...

Crime pays: Why new European GDP rules are causing a stir

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014
... bringing into line the way member countries measure economic output so they can be compared more easily. At the moment some nations measure illegal activity while others don't. At a time when the EU is struggling to emerge from a deep recession, the ...