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How green are 'green funds'?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
Superannuation funds offering 'green' or 'sustainable' investment options may be misleading their members, with big polluters often topping the holdings lists. The top holding in AustralianSuper's Australian sustainable fund (managed by Perpetual) is ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
The Australian share market is trading slightly lower ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) monthly interest rate decision. Invast Securities chief market analyst Peter Esho said a lower gold price was weighing upon the resources sector and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
Australian stocks have started the week on a flat note, despite mining stocks receiving a boost from positive Chinese economic data. Commsec market analyst Stephen Daghlian said the local market had little in the way of a lead from Wall Street, where ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
The Australian share market is slightly weaker amid few offshore leads with the US closed for the Thanksgiving public holiday. The local market's relatively flat open continues a trend of recent weeks. However, the market has fallen more than 1.5 per ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
Australian stocks have opened higher following a solid night on global equity markets. IG market strategist Stan Shamu said the local market was taking its lead from Wall Street, which received a boost from positive US consumer confidence and employment ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
Australian stocks have opened virtually flat amid weakness in resources stocks and moderate gains for the big four banks. Morgans senior private client advisor Bill Chatterton said the market had started Wednesday with a slightly negative tone following ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower following mixed performances on world markets overnight. At 0847 AEDT on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was down 18 points at 5,365. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
The Australian stock market has opened higher following a soft lead from the US overnight. Rivkin global analyst Tim Radford said it was likely to be a quiet week for global stock markets due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the US. On Wall Street the ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
The Australian share market is trading higher on the back of Wall Street pushing to more record levels. On the US market on Friday, the S&P 500 index closed above 1,800 points for the first time, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose to another ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
The Australian share market has surprised by opening lower amid uncertainty about the largest sweeping reforms in China in more than three decades. A strong session in the US on Friday, where stocks set all-time highs, and the economic reforms in China ...