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PE firm invests $49m in renewable energy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
US-based private equity firm, Global Environment Fund, has completed its $49 million investment in the Indian-based clean energy provider, Greenko PLC. Greenko is one of India's largest independent power producer that focuses exclusively on renewable ...

Costello joins Future Fund board

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... culture of excellence and market focus in pursuit of the board's mandate," said Murray. But Costello's appointment has drawn fire from high profile figures, including former treasurer and Prime Minister Paul Keating. An ABC news report yesterday noted ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... stronger at noon, albeit off its early peak, after better than expected economic growth numbers in the US overnight put a fire under the market. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 55 points, or 1.2 per cent, at 4629.7 while the broader ...

Sucked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
Sucked in...again! Who was? Is? Will be? As the Dow Jones Industrials Index flips and flops on both side of the 10K divide, talk of a 'sucker's rally' have resurfaced. But it could also easily be a 'sucker's correction.' Readers who have been following ...

GFP snaps up Timbercorp assets

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... billion. GFP's director of Asia Pacific investments, Michael Edgar, said ABP's immediate priorities would be to implement fire protection plans, resume cultivation and maintenance programs and reactivate sales strategies. "All existing staff will be ...

Super fund exec pay under fire

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
With shareholders in revolt about excessive remuneration pay of listed companies despite the market fallout, the focus is now on the remuneration pay of super fund executives, with WA Treasurer Troy Buswell reportedly attempting to block the chief exec ...

CEOs pay steady despite GFC

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2009
The average cash pay of a S&P/ASX 100 company's chief executive held steady in 2008 - a sign CEO salaries, including those of financial services firms, came out relatively unscathed from the GFC. As the global financial crisis began in 2008 the average ...

ESSSuper appoints new CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2009
... ESSSuper was formed following the merger of Emergency Services and State Super in 2006. ESSSuper members include police, fire and ambulance officers, public servants, some Victorian education staff and politicians.

Banks to face liquidity crisis "fire drills": APRA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
Starting next year, Australian banks could be subject to "fire drills" that test how well they can cope with a severe market disruption, under new liquidity reporting rules proposed by APRA. APRA has released a discussion paper that proposes major changes ...

Depends on the data

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
You know Australia is back to normal when "they will, they won't" speculation on interest rates returns a major sport. This is usually accompanied by "they will earlier, they will later" betting with every economic data release providing evidence for ...