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CFS pumps up ESG investing

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... signed up to the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment in March 2007. According to CFS, the global financial crisis has put into context the need for more ESG considerations as the current turmoil is as much an ethical crisis as it is a ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... buy up to $US11 billion ($A17.41 billion) worth of shares held by Japanese banks to ease the pain of the global financial crisis. The benchmark Nikkei shed 48.47 points to 7,825.51, posting a three-day losing streak. It lost 5.2 per cent during that ...

Groundhog Day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2009
... faith in a big rodent that reportedly has only 39 per cent accuracy brings me back to the days before the global financial crisis when million of investors - simple and sophisticated - placed their faith in credit rating agencies, financial institutions ...

Ashton taps vulture funds

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2009
... before we committed capital," said Raphaely. It was a decision that paid off. Last year, at the peak of the global financial crisis, Paulson returned between 6 per cent and 38 per cent on all of its products. Now Australian wholesale investors will be ...

Sherry's to-do list for 2009

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... will also be finalised and implemented during 2009," he said. "This is high priority in the wake of the global financial crisis." The Government has already announced that CRAs and product research houses will need to have an Australian Financial Services ...

BNP Paribas upgrades client support

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... BNP Paribas head of product and strategy, Daryl Crich. "Its potential was quickly recognised, and the global financial crisis heightens the importance of applications like My Queries," he said. New South Wales Treasury Corporation (TCorp) which has had ...

Securitor combats bad times

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2009
... communicating with clients. Neil Younger, head of Securitor said it was critical advisers "contextualise" the global financial crisis to maintain the trust of clients. Advisers face one of the toughest years in their business as 2009 unfolds on the back ...

Bigger fish to fry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... to provide a stabilizing mechanism in times of trouble. And boy, we are looking at big trouble if the global financial crisis escalates further and for much longer. Back to the point, whether today's CPI prints above or below market expectations is no ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... European stock markets slipped on Tuesday, easing from the previous day's surge as jitters persisted over a global financial crisis which has sparked tens of thousands of job cuts this week. In London, the FTSE 100 index shed 14.6 points or 0.35 per ...

Jobs safe in Australia: ING

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... that it intended to reduce its workforce by 7,000 positions in 2009 in a bid to cut costs and weather the global financial crisis. "In order to adapt the organisation to the new business environment, ING is taking several steps to reduce risk and expenses ...

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Australia's retirement system receives first A-grade

KARREN VERGARA  |   11:59AM
Australia's retirement system has finally received an A-grade rating in the annual Marsh CFA Institute Global Pension Index after stagnating at the B+ level for the last five years.

Brighter Super changes up investment, insurance fees

KARREN VERGARA  |   12:00PM
Not-for-profit fund Brighter Super has introduced numerous changes to its fees, decreasing investment fees while increasing insurance costs.

Channel Capital wins distribution mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:58AM
Channel Capital has been appointed by Coller EQT to distribute, promote and service investor support to the two secondaries strategies currently available in Australia.

Perpetual asset management outflows hit $9.6bn

VINNY VUCAGO  |   11:49AM
Perpetual's asset management business recorded $9.6 billion in net outflows during the September quarter, weighing on funds under management as its Corporate Trust Division reached a record $1.4 trillion in funds under administration.

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