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Pure infrastructure a safe haven: CFS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... property would come to mind, listed property in particular, which would normally have a defensive yield, but in the current climate, it's uncertain." According to Kunnen, the coming months will allow pure property and infrastructure assets to differentiate ...

GSJBWAM appoints infrastructure exec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
Climate change and Australian equities specialist, Ben Hare, has been promoted to director of infrastructure at Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management. Prior to this position, Hare was an equities dealer at Goldman Sachs JBWere Asset Management (GSJBWAM) ...

ASX companies lag on climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2007
... revealed four out of five Australian listed companies are risking their profit-generating potential by not adopting climate change policies. Using a scale from -1, representing the lowest score and +1, the highest possible score, the Identifying carbon ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2007
... Ltd and AV Jennings Ltd. The Committee for Economic Development of Australia holds day two of its conference on climate change. Australian stocks ended one per cent lower on Thursday, weighed down by a production downgrade by oil and gas giant Woodside ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
... employment report for November is released. The Committee for Economic Development of Australia publishes its report on climate change. In equities, Qantas Airways Ltd and BlueScope Steel Ltd hold their annual general meetings and Incitec Pivot Ltd release ...

China acts on climate change

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2007
... has formed its Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) fund as part of its strategy to foster and finance projects for climate change. Inline with its Kyoto Protocol obligations, China's CDM fund was launched last week and will use revenue from the country's ...

Responsible investing gains momentum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... Thamotheram. For example, asset owners want to know which companies are positioning themselves for what the effects of climate change will be, he said. Reflecting this, the United Nations principles for responsible investing "is set up to be a collaborative ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2007
... hold their AGMs. And in Sydney, Telstra releases a study on how telecommunications can help reduce the impact of climate change. The Australian share market closed softer but a better result from energy and mining stocks pushed the local bourse off its ...

Green paper bags top IFSA/Deloitte award

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
... Asset Management, has won the IFSA/Deloitte Future Leaders Award for his research paper on the implications of climate change on the investment industry. Each of the 13 candidates needed to be under the age of 30 and submit a research essay regarding ...

The long hot summer

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
... next 20-60 years. According to a report developed by CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology through the Australian Climate Change Science Programme, temperatures across Australia will increase by around 1 oC by 2030. The Climate Change in Australia technical ...