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UCA introduces fossil fuel screening

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... cease to invest directly in companies involved the extraction, refinement and exportation of thermal coal and unconventional oil and gas. The ethical fund manager, which is associated with the Uniting Church in Australia, will join a very small group ...

Instos bring ESG perspective to ASX companies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... and social impact, which are currently more the domain of management. Easterbrook cited the example of the BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill. "When you look at it in detail, there were quite a lot of warning sign about this and they weren't picked up. And ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... refused to confirm or deny reports it plans to axe up to 5,000 jobs as part of its efforts find $2 billion in savings. Shares in Oil Search were flat at $8.57, after the Papua New Guinea oil and gas producer entered a two-day trading halt pending the ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
... price index futures contract was up 27 points at 5,450. No major local economic news is expected on Tuesday. In equities news, Oil Search and QBE Insurance are expected to post full year results, while AV Jennings, AWE, Ramsay Health Care, Cabcharge ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014
... Billiton up 44 cents to $36.75, Rio Tinto up $1.20 at $65.51, while iron ore miner Fortescue Metals gained 14 cents to $5.29. Oil and gas explorer Drillsearch Energy added nine cents, or more than six per cent, to $1.52 after increasing its 2014 production ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2014
... up $1.57, or almost nine per cent, at $19.86, after saying sales and profit rose in the first half of the financial year. Oil Search was also higher, up 15 cents, or nearly two per cent, on increased production and revenue.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
... gained 18 cents to $38.07, and Rio was up 45 cents to $66.77 although iron ore miner Fortescue was five cents lower at $5.63. Oil and gas giant Woodside Petroleum was 70 cents weaker at $38.42, and Santos had lost seven cents to $14.44. On Wall Street ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
... or 2.5 per cent, to $37.77, while Rio was up 86 cents to $66.44 and iron ore miner Fortescue was 13 cents higher at $5.66. Oil giant Woodside Petroleum was 35 cents higher at $38.98, and Santos had gained 13 cents to $14.50. The big for banks were lower ...

Shale gas revolution could be worldwide

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
... deficit. "We think this is truly the big deal," he said. "The biggest issue is we don't have the infrastructure to get that oil where it needs to be. They are flaring more natural gas than you can believe in the middle of the United States. They have ...

How green are 'green funds'?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... Super's Green Shares fund, invests through its Responsible Investment Leaders Fund in companies such as BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Oil Search, Aurora Oil & Gas, and Ausdrill. Dr Ian Woods, head of ESG research at AMP Capital, said the inclusion of such ...