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No more sustainable investment roadblocks: Russell

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
Australian superannuation funds' traditional arguments against sustainable investments are no longer valid, according to a new report from Russell Investment Group. The paper, Sustainable Investing: Marrying Sustainability Concerns with the Quest for ...

Having another crack at online mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
As business models go, one of the all-time worst may be selling home loans on the internet. Countless online mortgage companies have come and gone. The big banks with active direct mortgage sales arms report that the contribution those businesses make ...

Currency hedging key to international returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
New research from nabCapital suggests currency hedging, more than investment strategy selection, is the key to generating high returns in international equities. Donald Hellyer, managing director and head of insurance and fund manager relations at nabCapital ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2007
The Australian sharemarket soared to new intraday highs today, buoyed by strong resource stocks and a solid lead from the US equity markets which rallied to new records overnight. At 1205 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 45 points to 6722.8 ...

NZ Super Fund defends Myanmar investment

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has come under fire from local non-government organisations (NGOs) for its shareholdings in Total S.A., a French oil company with operations in Myanmar. But the guardians of New Zealand superannuation chief executive ...

Promnitz takes on regional head role

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2007
Mercer has elevated current Australia and New Zealand chief executive Peter Promnitz to region head for the Asia Pacific to support the company's Asian growth strategy. Promnitz said he is looking forward to the new challenge, having already worked ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
The Australian sharemarket has opened lower after a relatively flat performance on Wall Street, as hopes of another interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve offset profit warnings from two US retailers. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
SYDNEY - The Australian sharemarket is likely to start the morning's trade lower, with a flat lead from Wall Street and not much positive activity among the metal prices overseas. At 0706 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December Share Price ...

Both feet firmly on the high wire

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
Despite the recent wobbles in our financial market's balancing act, the Reserve Bank of Australia welcomes a reassessment of risk and takes an optimistic view of the Australian financial system. In its latest Financial Stability Review released this ...

Markets still at risk: Tagliaferro

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2007
One of the country's leading fund managers, Anton Tagliaferro, is the latest stockmarket expert to voice his concerns about investor attitude towards risk and observed that today's investors are less risk-aware compared to their predecessors. Tagliaferro ...