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Hunter Hall divests from fossil fuels

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... gas companies, covering the exploration, production, refinement, marketing and storage of oil and gas. They also include coal mining and production companies.

AMP carbon screening leads to just two divestments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... both of which are Chinese. The new guidelines are targeted at companies with a more than 20% exposure to oil sands, brown coal-burning power stations, thermal coal mining and conversion of coal to liquid fuel. It excludes coal companies such as Peabody ...

AMP Capital introduces fossil fuel screening

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... client demand. The RIL Charter of Operation will now screen out companies that have more than a 20% exposure to mining thermal coal, exploration and development of oil sands, brown-coal (or lignite), coal-fired power generation, transportation of oil ...

Govt needs six votes to pass pension changes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
The government will need six cross bench votes in the Senate if it is to pass its proposed changes to the Age Pension. The government has proposed lifting the pension age to 70 by 2035, and indexing it to inflation rather than wages. The Coalition will ...

Masseurs Tony and Joey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
Phew! Well that wasn't so bad after all. Yes Virginia, if you didn't fall asleep listening to Treasurer Joe Hockey's budget speech last night - mainly because most of the measures Joey mentioned were already drip-fed to us days in advanced - you'll ...

Super needs a radical new solution to longevity: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
Former Prime Minister and superannuation system architect Paul Keating says the government needs to create 'superannuation mark two' to enable superannuation to provide enough money for retirees who are increasingly likely to become centenarians. Speaking ...

The Infrastructure Fund looking to add to Port of Newcastle purchase

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... quality infrastructure assets following its purchase of the long-term lease of the Port of Newcastle, the world's largest coal export port. Last week, TIF and consortium partner China Merchants Group won the $1.75 billion New South Wales Government auction ...

NAB and FSC tight-lipped on Hockey meetings

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
The Financial Services Council (FSC) and National Australia Bank (NAB) have given little away about their involvement in Treasurer Joe Hockey's cash-for-meetings program reported by Fairfax this morning. Both The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age this ...

FoFA amendments undermine confidence in advisers: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
The Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said that the government's proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation undermine confidence in financial advisers. Speaking to journalists in Brisbane today, Shorten said that "the government ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... month. In equities news, QBE Insurance Group has its annual general meeting slated for Sydney. BHP Billiton president of coal Dean Dalla Valle is scheduled to give a speech at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) lunch. In Australia ...