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Most finance executives support ESG reporting

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... factor in ESG risks into investment analysis. "The Poll is part of Finsia's broader policy initiative, 'Sustaining our Future - investing for the long-haul' which examines the costs/benefits of companies reporting on sustainability risks. Long-term and ...

Perpetual launches structured cap-protection fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
Perpetual has announced the first capital protected structured fund, providing lock-in gains and an option to borrow up to 100 per cent of original invested value and the first year's interest with no margin calls. Perpetual Protected Investments Series ...

AMP NZ shifts passive portfolio to 100% active

The largest fund manager in NZ, AMP Capital Investors, has moved its entire global equities portfolio from 80 per cent passively managed and 20 per cent actively managed to 100 per cent actively managed to take advantage of new rules that will come ...

Economic round-up: Infrastructure - sink or swim?

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2007
Weakness in our infrastructure just wont go away as a new report by the Prime Minister's chief scientific panel warns that climate changes are presenting further challenges to infrastructure and the future of our economy. Independent think tank, CEDA ...

People to power advice of the future

A financial planner's biggest expense - people - is also their biggest asset and will power the success of practices into the future. Speakers at yesterday's Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Financial Standard Luncheon Club Series for Financial ...

Putnam wins $600m AMP fixed income mandate

AMP Capital Investors Future Directions Fund has awarded Putnam Investments a global fixed income mandate worth around $600 million. "We awarded a mandate to Putnam because of their well-structured alignment philosophy and an investment process that ...

Macq enters forex market

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
Macquarie has purchased 51 per cent of fast-growing online foreign exchange provider OzForex, allowing it to offer tailored foreign exchange services to its 670,000 retail customers. The purchase means OzForex will become the recommended supplier of ...

FF appoints Watson Wyatt head as CIO

The Future Fund has appointed David Neal, the long-time head of investment consulting at Watson Wyatt Australia, as its chief investment officer. "We are delighted to welcome David to the Fund. His experience in working with diversified, multi-manager ...

Economic round-up: Business up, sentiment down

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
Despite continued buoyancy in business activity, consumer sentiment took a tumble in June as Australia's optimism towards future family finances and the economy begins to wane. The May NAB Business survey showed a continuation of elevated business activity ...

NZ managed funds hit A$56 billion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
New Zealand managed funds assets have reached A$56 billion, according to the Reserve Bank of NZ, after limping forward just 9 per cent during the year to end March 2007 helped by the NZ Stock Market that returned only 11 per cent. The figures do not ...