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Pure commodities funds win ratings

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2008
Climbing commodity prices have pioneered the establishment of pure commodity funds and a debut Standard and Poor's rating for three new products. Ratings house Standard & Poor's Fund Services recently assigned four-star ratings to three new pure commodity ...

Energy investments surge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
... efficiency avoids more than $2 being needed to create new supply. The growth in alternative energy investment saw a record 17 clean energy public equity funds launched in 2007, including those from HSBC, F&C, Schroders, Deutsche Asset Management and ...

IFM boosts stake in Ecogen

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2008
Industry Funds Management (IFM) bought the remaining 72.6 per cent equity stake in gas electricity firm, Ecogen Holdings from Babcock & Brown Power for $80.9 million. IFM has been an investor in the firm since 2003 and now completely owns the business ...

Barclays emits carbon trading ETN

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
... gas trading plans. The index comprises of two plans, the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme and the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism. Philippe El-Asmar, Barclays Capital head of solution sales, Americas, said the global carbon trading ...

Westpac's Kelly signs UN water mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2008
... and provide support to those affected - from drought relief solutions for agribusiness to financial support for access to clean and safe drinking water in rural areas of Fiji," noted a statement on the Westpac website.

Infrastructure Australia should set national priorities

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
... "Invest in a carbon tax to create internationally competitive markets such as reinvesting in research and development of clean technology". Social criteria for the development of infrastructure projects should also be incorporated.

Eagle IT opens Sydney office

The Bank of New York Mellon subsidiary Eagle Investment Systems has selected Sydney as its Asia Pacific base. The financial services technology provider offers web-based systems for managed funds, hedge funds, brokers, insurance companies and pension ...

Carbon transport the next big thing

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
... for new industries that will develop out of the storage and transportation of carbon dioxide, as the move towards using clean coal power stations continue to gain traction. "On a sector basis, power generating equipment, transmission equipment, electric ...

Intel eyes China tech

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
... $535.7 million China technology fund will be invested in wireless broadband, technology, media, telecommunications and "clean tech" that complement Intel's corporate initiatives. The original $214 million Intel fund, which attracted 28 companies to its ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2008
... ($A20.83 billion) write-down by Swiss bank UBS AG reinforced the view that the banks were aggressively scrubbing their books clean of soured investments. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 391.47 points, or 3.19 per cent, to settle at 12,654.36. ...