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Responsible investments still in vogue

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... past year, with $128m of new money flowing into products which focus on the themes of climate change, carbon liability, water, waste, clean energy, sustainable agriculture and sustainable property. Louise O'Halloran, executive director of RIAA, said ...

FTSE opens environment indices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
... Group added nine more indices to its Environmental Opportunities Index Series to cater for investors seeking exposure to water, alternative energy and waste management companies. The nine indices include the FTSE EO 100 Index, Water Technology 30 Index ...

Sustainable property boosts returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... by as much as 20 per cent using sustainability designs. Other strategies are to use more efficient air conditioning and water management systems. Roger Walker, Napier & Blakeley's sustainability manager was also recently awarded the Facility Management ...

MTAA Super is fund of the year

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
MTAA Super has been awarded SelectingSuper's Fund of the Year by the Rainmaker Group beating finalists that included other star performers and market innovators HESTA Super, AustralianSuper, Host-Plus and CBUS. MTAA Super achieved its award after being ...

SRI funds need homework: Lonsec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... screen including a positive screen that identifies companies that positively impact the environment or community such as water or clean energy. Negative screening excludes companies that are involved in practices that adversely affect the community such ...

UBS to launch infra fund next year

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... transportation, utilities, energy and social infrastructure. US power generation business; Northern Star Generation, UK water company; Southern Water and European waste firm; Saubermacher are each partly owned by the group. "The successful close of our ...

The other race

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... flashing red. Banks would rather hoard the money than become illiquid or sink to insolvency later. You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink. On that other race - the US Presidential Race - the Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) ...

Daily funnies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
People don't need to read the funny pages anymore to get their daily amusement fix. They only have to read the way the media interpret the daily movements in the stockmarket. Wall Street rallied almost 11 per cent last night. Here is Bloomberg's interpretation ...

Yen caught in crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
Now it's the Japanese yen's turn. The current financial crisis that started in the US sub-prime sector and had been strangling the stock and money markets is now morphing into an exchange rate problem. Increased risk aversion and the unwinding of yen ...

More pain for insurance firms

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
Global insurance brokerage firm Aon has warned that following AIG's troubles and government rescue, there will be more bad news from insurers as the sector undergoes mass asset depletion and capital shortage. Speaking yesterday at Aon's 2008 Advanced ...