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Transcending politics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... serves as a microcosm of this crisis. They just went and did. Had they debated whether or not to use depleted Melbourne's water reserve to douse the fire -- or whether there will be enough water for future generations to use - the inferno, disastrous ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
So it was, so it shall be. The odds - the Dow fell in 12 out of the past 16 US Presidential Inaugurations - have prevailed. Now it's 13 out of 17. The Dow fell by 4.1 per cent and the S&P 500 dropped by 5.3 per cent as Barack Obama is confirmed as the ...

Impax environment trust hits the market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... Environmental Markets Trust invests in three environmental sub-sectors including alternative energy and energy efficiency, water treatment and pollution control and waste technologies and resource management. Each company must derive at least half of ...

Instos target water usage

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... and Aviva Investors has sent a letter urging 100 major multinational company chief executives to carefully manage their water usage. The CEO Water Mandate initiative was drafted by the United Nations Global Compact to assist companies, such as Carlsberg ...

Bad tidings we bring

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... tax cuts and other spare funds to pay down existing credit balances. Australia still looks safe -- for now. However, like water slowly but constantly dripping on a boulder, the global recession - if it continues to progress unabated - would slowly erode ...

VFMC unveils 2009 strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2008
The $36 billion Victorian Funds Management Corporation is aiming to outperform its benchmark by 100 basis points through a combination of vanilla style derivatives, opportunistic trades and improved internal and external capabilities. VFMC chief investment ...

Planners ignore property for profit

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
Some planners have been ignoring investment property to focus primarily on the equity markets in a bid to fatten their bottom lines, claims Bannister Mansfield. Gavin Murphy, director of the Sydney-based financial planning firm, said many financial ...

Super funds eye cash

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2008
While fund managers are now slowly testing the waters of the equity markets, leading super funds are still putting their money in cash on the back of investor demand. The $4.2 billion Equipsuper invests cash in a variety of assets including bank deposits. ...

CalPERS grows green strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... relatively young clean tech funds are showing signs of improved performance while reducing carbon emissions and energy and water use, and creating jobs, said the fund. CalPERS' partners conservation measures include the installation of low-flow or sensor-operated ...

Value of advice winners unveilled

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2008
Planners from AXA Financial Planning and NAB Financial Planning were among the winners at this year's FPA Value of Advice awards. Dacian Moses from Waterfall Way Associates has won the Value of Advice award for post-retirement planning and management. ...