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ASX companies lag on climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
A Reputex report has revealed four out of five Australian listed companies are risking their profit-generating potential by not adopting climate change policies. Using a scale from -1, representing the lowest score and +1, the highest possible score ...

QIC awards $80m long/short mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
Queensland-based investment group QIC has granted an $80 million US equity long/short mandate to Californian based, Aletheia Research and Management (Aletheia), following the termination of its contract with Legg Mason. Greg Clarke, senior portfolio ...

India's investment exuberance

ALEX DUNNIN IN MUMBAI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
The demand for investment products in India is so great that some companies have closed their initial public offerings (IPOs) oversubscribed by a factor of 100. "There is such a thirst for investment products that any product that is remotely interesting ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2007
The Australian share market was slightly higher at noon after starting the day on the back foot after Wall Street finished down. At 1206 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 5.4 points higher at 6604 and the All Ordinaries had added 9.9 points to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
The Australian sharemarket remained in negative territory this morning, with the only bright spot miner Rio Tinto, which rebuffed a takeover proposal last week from fellow miner BHP Billiton. A lower market on Wall Street and patchy base metal prices ...

Fixed interest still tops cash: Zenith

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
Despite high interest rates and corresponding poor bond yields, fixed interest funds are still a better option than cash, according to a new Zenith report. The 2007 Fixed Interest Sector Review found while investors had become increasingly concerned ...

China acts on climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
The Chinese Government has formed its Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) fund as part of its strategy to foster and finance projects for climate change. Inline with its Kyoto Protocol obligations, China's CDM fund was launched last week and will use ...

Assets growth kills alpha: State Street

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
Assets under management (AUM) growth can have a significant impact on alpha generation unless models are altered to deal with capacity issues, according to State Street Associates vice president Simon Myrgren. Myrgren said State Street had developed ...

Adviser ban after Westpoint

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has banned NSW-based financial adviser, Andy Shen-En Chen, from providing financial advice for five years after recommending Westpoint to clients. An ASIC investigation found in between October ...

Sustainable audits need more structure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
Two in five companies are at risk of not fully complying with a new emission auditing law that will come into effect next year, according to a new study. A joint Jones Lang LaSalle and CoreNet Global research study found only one in five Australian ...