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Instos demanding ESG metrics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
Institutional investors are calling for metrics to analyse companies' environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices in the belief that these can correlate with positive financial performance. Michele Giuditta, associate director at global analytics ...

BetaShares launches new sector ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
ETF provider BetaShares has added two new exchange traded funds to its growing stable. The new products are BetaShares Global Gold Miners ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: MNRS) and BetaShares Global Banks ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: BNKS). Both are hedged ...

New non-exec director for Premier

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
Premier Investments Limited (Premier) has appointed Terry McCartney as an independent non-executive director, effective from 15 April 2016. McCartney is a former managing director of Myer Grace Brothers and Kmart. He has also held a number of key adviser ...

Norwegian pension fund drops 52 coal companies

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
Norges Bank has announced that 52 coal companies, including two Australian ones, will be excluded from the roughly $1 trillion Government Pension Fund Global. The exclusions came after the introduction in February of a new "product-based coal criterion" ...

Australian dividend growth outpaces global peers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
The underlying growth in dividends paid by Australian companies grew 14.8% in 2015, comfortably ahead of the 9.9% rise in global dividends. According to the Henderson Global Dividend Index, global dividends reached $1.15 trillion in 2015, an increase ...

Rusting still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
Iron ore prices have tried to get back up twice this year, only to be knocked back down each time. After dropping to a 10-year low of US$46.70 a tonne back in April this year, the price of iron ore rallied by 40% to US$65.40 a tonne by mid-June only ...

Chief executive departs mine industry super fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
Ten billion dollar industry superannuation fund Mine Wealth + Wellbeing is searching for a new chief executive after announcing the departure of its current leader. Mine Wealth + Wellbeing chief executive Bruce Watson will leave over the coming months ...

University investment portfolio includes tobacco and beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
British American Tobacco has landed among Sydney University's top international shareholdings in emerging markets as a balance is being sought in the university's environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment framework. Sydney University recently ...

Market set to fall

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to fall after a weak session on Wall Street due to disappointment with earnings reports from the likes of Apple and Microsoft. At 0700 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was down two points ...

Van Eck lists gold miners ETF on ASX

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
Van Eck Global will list the world's largest gold exchange traded fund (ETF) in the ASX so investors can access global gold mining companies of all sizes. The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) is a diversified portfolio of global gold equities that ...