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Planners gain clean tech fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... energy prices and the proposed emissions trading scheme. Illustrating support for the sector, an online Essential Research poll found more than 40 per cent of respondents are in favour of nuclear power and only one third opposed it. The Securitor financial ...

Energy fund bucks market slump

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
The Bakers Alternate Energy Fund finished 2008 with a 0.2 per cent positive performance - yards ahead of the S&P/ASX300 Index's 42 per cent loss over the last calendar year. The Australian share market suffered massive losses of up to 41.73 per cent ...

Transcending politics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases the Australian employment report for January. Both leaders are harnessing their poll popularity in trying to get their respective proposals through. A Gallup poll conducted last 6-7 February showed that 67 per ...

Brits turn blue on pension

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2009

Impax environment trust hits the market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
BNP Paribas Investment Partners has released Impax Environmental Markets Trust giving Australian investors exposure to a market which the firm expects will benefit from global government environmental policy. UK based Impax Asset Management holds a ...

Green funds to benefit from new govt policies

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2008

FTSE opens environment indices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
FTSE Group added nine more indices to its Environmental Opportunities Index Series to cater for investors seeking exposure to water, alternative energy and waste management companies. The nine indices include the FTSE EO 100 Index, Water Technology ...

The other race

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
Punters would have been better off putting their hard-earned dollar into the Melbourne Cup winner - Viewed -- yesterday than on the RBA rate cut expecting an equity market gain. Both provided a surprise outcome, but while Viewed returned A$46.50 to ...

Aussies rethink super

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
... although this is a more prominent trend among those aged under 50. Despite the mood shifts of super investors, results from the poll indicate that people are still generally remaining calm about the market upheaval. Just half of the interviewees said ...

Fundies must upskill in low-carbon world

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2008
A $500 billion carrot awaits the new breed of fund managers willing to do their homework on climate change, but the road to the burgeoning investment sector is full of stumbling blocks. Speaking at an IMCA briefing this week, DWS investment analyst ...