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Former UniSuper CEO joins UCA FM board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
... a non-executive director at Uniting Church affiliated ethical investor, UCA Funds Management. UCA Funds Group chairperson Dick Carter said of the appointment: "We are delighted to have been able to attract such a respected finance industry leader to ...

Calendar says buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
They did it again! Yes Virginia, Washington did what most Tom, Dick and Harriet expected it would do. It reached a compromise deal at the 11th hour. Wall Street's happy, especially those who stayed the course and saw through the political shenanigans ...

Oh how welcome thy voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... sales and property prices all came in better than markets hoped for. Hoped for? Did I just say hoped for? Didn't every Tom, Dick and Harry and their uncle and their uncle's dog just go on a selling spree these past few days because they thought the Fed ...

Ben's all that matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... markets Ben's words could be. Absent the why, how much, how soon and how often, Ben's statements remain subject to every Tom, Dick and Harry's interpretation. And then we'll have to go through this whole episode again for another month or so until the ...

AMG deepens Australian focus with new role

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) has appointed Cameron Dickman to the newly created role of director, sub-advisory distribution for Australia. Dickman will be responsible for retail and wholesale business development for AMG's affiliates. AMG said in ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
The Australian market looks set to open lower after weak US employment figures late last week. At 0750 AEST on Monday, the June share price index futures contract was five points lower at 4,890, with 5,092 contracts traded. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

ESG Vet takes reins at Uniting Church fund manager

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... background in the funds management sector and so specifically experienced in ethical funds," said UCA Funds management chairman Dick Carter. Walsh takes over from acting executive director Sue Norman.

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... material sector opened 0.45 per cent weaker. Meanwhile, Woolworths shares dipped slightly after it announced the sale of its Dick Smith Electronics chain to a private equity firm for $20 million. Woolworths shares were 30 cents lower at $28.98 at 1045 ...

Alternatives need new thinking: QIC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... to one manager. "The more you're going for those juicy returns, the less they will help you in a down market," said James Dick, QIC's head of alternative investments, adding that investors should be looking at "something in between" for their alternatives ...

QIC awards Molpus alternative timber mandate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012
... volatility, low correlations to equities and built in inflation hedging characteristics that these investments provide," said James Dick, QIC's head of alternative investments. Timber has been used by QIC in the past for its diversification benefits ...