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SEQUAL toughens 'no negative equity' rules

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
... mortgage lending industry. "Reverse mortgages are a relatively young financial product being taken out increasingly by Australian seniors. The requirement for independent legal advice protects seniors and ensures the industry grows in an ethical and ...

Australian Ethical Investments go global

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2007
... who want ethical investments with a global bent can avail of a new product that does exactly that after the Australian Ethical Investment launched its first internationally focused trust. The ethical fund manager already has an equities trust but its ...

Clean, green profit machines

New figures show that clean technology companies trumped the Australian sharemarket in the performance stakes over the last financial year with one outperforming stock returning more than 1,000 per cent over the period. Based on the analysis of the ...

FUM hits $1.4tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
... sub-advisory being up 43 per cent and multi-management now amounting to $290 billion. Continued stellar returns from Australian equities has, however, resulted in the sector experiencing its tenth consecutive net-outflow as performance-driven asset value ...

Westpac adds to growing trophy cabinet

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2007
... list of recent awards for Westpac, including World's Most Sustainable Bank, number one in corporate responsibility, Australian sustainable company of the year and Best Home Loan Package and Best Featured Home Loan, awarded by Money magazine.

FUM surges to $1.4 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
Funds under management from Australian investors surged $213 billion or 18 per cent during 2006 to reach nearly $1.4 trillion, according to figures released in the latest Rainmaker Information Roundup report. Strong investment returns helped drive the ...

IFSA toughens up conflicts and ethics standards

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
... values, shared by IFSA members, is based. "IFSA seeks to advance efficiency, integrity and consumer confidence in the Australian financial services industry by periodically evaluating and improving the Standards that we expect our members to uphold. ...

BT promotes to replace Angus

BT senior analyst Jack Chemello is to fill the vacant spot left by Troy Angus, BT's top-performing Australian Equities portfolio manager who left the company last month. Chemello will take on Angus' responsibilities as the portfolio manager of the Ethical ...

Managed funds count carbon emission costs

NICK OLIVER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
... their existing emissions under the states' proposal. Another manager gearing up for a carbon trading scheme is Australian Ethical Investments. "There needs to be a system that takes into account the environmental costs of production," said Anne O'Donnell ...

FUM climbs to $1.3 trillion trumping national debt

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
Even though growth in Australian sourced funds under management (FUM) has slowed, it still reached $1.3 trillion at end September, enough to pay off our national debt and still leave us with plenty of spare change for Christmas. According to Rainmaker's ...