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Macquarie wins mandate from Mexico

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2010
... opportunities in Mexican infrastructure projects, noted the statement. Roads and rail in Mexico, along with airports and ports, water and wastewater, energy and utilities and communications infrastructure will be some of the sectors tapped by the fund. ...

Zurich to roll out climate change training

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2009
... look at that don't have an exposure to climate change," he said. Taking the local florist as an example, he explained that water availability and major disruption in agriculture could increase the florist's overheads. "They can start to plan for that ...

Wave of signatories could weaken PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
The head of a top investment firm warned that the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) is in danger of losing its potency as more finance firms sign up for the wrong reasons. Speaking at the Responsible Investor conference in ...

Causeway hires water and funds director

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
Causeway Asset Management has appointed Richard Lourey as managing director of water and fund management ahead of plans to launch a water fund. Lourey previously worked across capital markets in Australia, London and New York at ANZ Securities, Ord ...

Seven signs of the end of an empire

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... years, Thomas argues that emerging opportunities which remained to be explored include the use investment themes, such as water. He also predicts the "rise and rise" of active stock pickers and current frontier economies to make greater impacts on investment ...

Stuck at zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
Steady as she goes! The US Federal Reserve maintained its course as it tries to guide the US economy out of stormy waters. There we have it Virginia, the much-awaited, much speculated US Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting produced nada. By ...

Boiling frog

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2009
... changes occur ever so slightly. The 'boiling frog' anecdote is based on the premise that if you place a frog in boiling water, it will instinctively jump out and live another day. But place the frog in a pot of cold water and turn the heat up gently. ...

Our fearful trip is done

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
"O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting..." Walt Whitman wrote this poem after US President Abraham Lincoln's assassination ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2009
... closing price of $US996.77. Macquarie Private Wealth adviser, Helen Spencer, said the market was patchy. "It's almost treading water ahead of further confirmation from economic data coming out of the US... such as the payroll figures on Friday," Ms Spencer ...

CFS saves $4m in prod costs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... said on average, each tonne of paper removed from commercial correspondence saves an estimated 18 trees, 67,500 litres of water, 9,500 kWh of energy and 3.3 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. So impressed with the results of the program, Brian Bissaker ...