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Carbon assets in valuation freefall

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... same views in a new report released this week. "Climate change has become a business reality, and executives should get ready for a major shift in the economy. The value at stake is huge," they said in a recent paper. The strategic impacts are so significant ...

Kelly plans changes at Westpac

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2008
Three months into her job as chief executive of Westpac Gail Kelly is ready to make some changes. Speaking yesterday at the presentation of the bank's results for the six months to March 2008 she said there were aspects of the business that disappointed ...

Attack tax with tact

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2008
... 8.2, 6.8, 6.8 and 7.4 per cent since 2002. Overlay how the government wants to increase education and health funding, get ready for the baby boomer pension wave, rebuild our national infrastructure spending, fund an ever demanding military, pay the States ...

Primed and ready for growth

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2008
The WalterTurnbull-owned property manager PrimeSpace draws from its chartered accounting roots to offer investors something traditional property managers can't. "We are chartered accountants. If we look to apply that integrity, it's a major point of ...

Fix productivity, fix education

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... interest in mathematics is falling. It's washing through to the job market as we produce less scientifically trained and job-ready students with analytical skills. Further illustrating the educational challenge, another report recently released by the ...

Securitor academy in the works

MICHAEL HOBBS REPORTING FROM THE CONFERENCE IN NEW ZEALAND  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2008
... Ashenden, the paraplanning course content and overall cost was still being finalised, however, he anticipated the program to be ready by the end of the year. "The academy is a work in progress, it's a concept we're going through. We need to get feedback ...

Investec takes to the air

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... franchise that ranges from just providing senior debt down to buying and trading aircraft," said Phillips. "There was a ready line of assets that was being generated to the bank that's put out to the market - we're bringing investors together and giving ...

Præmium tackles UK SMAs

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
... tax at the fund level. According to PrA|mium group managing director, Arthur Naoumidis, the approval means the firm is now ready to deliver this UK version of the SMA to interested financial institutions and intermediaries. "Because the UK's taxation ...

SecuritEase on the defense after Tricom fallout

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2008
... created a problem for Tolhurst clients. "If you're facing the prospect of having one [system] turned off when another is not ready to be put on, then that's a pretty significant operation problem," Tonkin explained. "Tolhurst were fully willing to extend ...

AFS ready for IPO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2008
... framework and structure," said Peter Daly, Australian Financial Services Group chief executive. "As a result, AFS is now ready to undertake the next important phase of growth and public listing, positioning the dealer group as a leading force in the ...