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Russell combines retail and insto

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... institutional investment consulting services," he said. "Our clients, industry consultants and associates no longer see the body of water between Australia and New Zealand as a dividing line. Closer integration of our Australian and New Zealand businesses ...

Reputex to tap $554bn sector

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
Reputex has released its Future Energy Index Series ahead of forecasts that revenue in global alternative energy and water industries will increase six-fold to $554 billion in 12 years. The Future Energy Index Series covers all aspects of the global ...

Cutting our energy usage has long way to go

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
... transport use nonetheless increased albeit it is still at overall low levels. Even though households bare the political brunt of water conservation efforts, they accounted for only 11 per cent of the total water consumed in Australia in 2004-05, compared ...

Water fund washes onto BT wraps

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
Liontamer's KBC Global Water Fund has been added to the BT wrap, heralding the next step of the fund's Australian footprint in the water-investment sector. Liontamer head of distribution, Simon Padley, advised that the fund has been accepted on both ...

US titans fall, Australia will rise

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
How the mighty have fallen. From Merrill Lynch to JPMorgan Chase, the world's investment banking stalwarts have all shed blood from the US sub-prime scalping - but Australian fund managers are weathering the storm. Last week, Merrill Lynch reported ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
... investors. The Hang Seng Index lost 776.61, or 2.72 per cent, to 27,744.45 points. WELLINGTON - New Zealand shares trod water on Thursday with little in the way of news to provide direction, despite a rebound on Wall Street overnight. The NZSX-50 benchmark ...

Liontamer lends weight to blue gold

Is water really an increasingly scarce commodity? Investment group Liontamer predicts that the shortage of fresh water in the future will drive the investment returns of listed companies that specialise in the 'blue gold' sector. Liontamer, majority ...

Sustainable audits need more structure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... said Australian corporations were concerned with the lack of reporting systems available to audit their energy, waste and water usage. The reaction prompted Jones Lang LaSalle to develop their Environmental Sustainability Platform (ESP), a web-based ...

AUI expands retail arm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) has appointed Mark HortonAndrews to head of product and Cameron Farrar to business development manager as part of the company's strategy to develop its retail division. Prior to this appointment, HortonAndrews spent ...

Aurora to list buy-write income trust

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
... also be geared to an expected average Loan to Value Ratio (LVR) of 50 per cent and invest in listed toll roads, airports, water utilities, gas utilities, electric utilities, ports, pipelines, and other infrastructure assets throughout the world. Hugh ...