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Good For China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... global economy is displayed in its defiance over being pressured at reducing its carbon emissions at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in December last year. China has also continued to defy growing calls for it to revalue its currency. But the ...

Legalsuper cuts 17 fund managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... managers. "We wanted managers that have a particular style or approach that's more likely to be successful in the current climate that exists," he said. This rationalisation process has resulted in five of the fund's 10 investment options receiving a ...

Zurich to roll out climate change training

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
Past all the green rhetoric, one insurer is spending money to give insurance brokers proper training on climate change and how it could affect their clients' business. Insurance and investments group Zurich doesn't just walk the walk on climate change ...

CPRS chaos poses big risks for fin services

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... segments of the financial serrvices lobby is that if the small Senate quotas result in more left leaning or pro-climate change action Senators being elected then their attitudes to post-GFC, post-Ripoll and post-Cooper financial reforms could be even ...

The Art of War

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... Made in China imports and warns about the Fed dispensing free money. The Obama-Hu gabfest produced statements on climate change, terrorism, cultural exchanges, nuclear weapons, etc. But there was silence on exchange rates and interest rates. The closest ...

Global instos push for climate change action

PRESS STATEMENT  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... Management, Cbus and 178 others representing $14 trillion have signed a statement urging world leaders to agree on climate change. The statement, issued last month, outlines the views of institutional investors on climate change and the elements of global ...

Trustees gain climate change guide

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
Superannuation trustees can get a firmer grip on what climate change means to portfolios after a trustee guide was updated to include information on the proposed carbon pollution reduction scheme and key questions to ask fund managers. The Investor ...

FTSE4Good deletes 15 from series

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
... Brands were deleted for environmental mismanagement. Other companies dropped from the index include Sunoco for climate change reasons, Sumitomo Bakelite, Mitsubishi Rayon and Astellas Pharmaceuticals for bribery and JFE Holdings over weapons concerns. ...

NY fund invests $200m in climate change

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2009
... York State Common Retirement fund invested $200 million in the FTSE Environmental Technology 50 and HSBC Global Climate Change Index. Thomas DiNapoli, the New York State Comptroller, invested the funds in line with the fund's Green Strategic Investment ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
... International Industrial Relations Association World Congress 2009 begins in Sydney, while the fifth Australia-New Zealand Climate Change and Business Conference begins in Melbourne. On Friday, the Australian sharemarket closed almost two per cent in ...