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Top ESG infra stocks post better returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
Listed infrastructure companies with high environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings beat companies in the same sector by more than 20 per cent over three years, according to a new report. Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM) ...

Up, down and round and round

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
"Upside down Boy, you turn me Inside out And round and round..." - Upside Down, Diana Ross If there's any observation that can be made about Wall Street's movement overnight, it is that investor sentiment remains fragile. Just when financial markets ...

Challenger injects more liquidity into annuities

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
Challenger responds to planner demand for liquidity in lifetime annuity strategies through a new product that guarantees investor access to capital for the first 15 years of their investment. A spokesman from Challenger confirmed that the new product ...

New performance reporting standards for retail funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
The Investment and Financial Services Association is implementing a new investment reporting format that will require retail super funds to revert back to performance figures gross of any ongoing and advice fees. The objective is to facilitate comparability ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
The Australian stock market is expected to open firmer on Wednesday, after Wall Street stemmed heavy losses to close flat on the day. At 0731 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was up 65 points at 4,339 points ...

Hold, Fold or Run

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2010
"Three coins in a fountain... which one will the fountain bless?" ( Frank Sinatra) It was a down day again on Wall Street overnight. It followed an up day that trailed a down day. Chances are, other markets would follow suit. But under current circumstances ...

Mercer appoints investment consulting head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
Mercer has named Graeme Mather as market business leader for its Investment Consulting arm in Australia and New Zealand. Mather will succeed Simon Eagleton who is relocating to Mercer's Singapore office soon after being promoted to the role of Asia ...

RBC Dexia wins Superfund mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
RBC Dexia has won a mandate from managed futures fund provider Superfund to give fund administration, custody and shareholder registry services to five master and feeder funds marketed to Asian investors. "With Asia being a specific part of our growth ...

Dixon to list corporate bond funds

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2010
Dixon Advisory & Superannuation Service is seeking to list three of its corporate bond funds on the ASX. Alex MacLachlan, head of funds management at Dixon Advisory and a director of the funds, said it's very difficult for small investors to buy a portfolio ...

Australian dollar separates winners and losers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
Patient unhedged global equities investors are rewarded as the value of the Australian dollar falls against the greenback but the same event may be causing havoc in portfolios that aren't regularly rebalanced, according to experts. The Australian dollar's ...