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Renewable energy needs super aid

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
... unachievable if investment incentives halt in the sector - especially for superannuation funds. BIG has called for increased research, development and commercialisation of renewable energy in its submission to the Garnaut Climate Change Review. Jeremy ...

Macq launches Property Lever

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... Australian residential property is experiencing price rises, he expected a good level of interest in the product. "The research we conducted with clients and intermediaries found there would be a significant appetite for a product of this kind. What's ...

Fear is the poison apple

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... investors tend to under-calculate their risk policy and find safe havens wherever there is perceived be less risk," he said. Research in The Financial/Economic Dichotomy in Social Behavioral Dynamics: The Socionomic Perspective notes that financial values ...

Adept Capital launches Asian FOHFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... volatility across all underlying managers. Eleni Istavridis, chief executive at Adept Capital Partners, said the firm's research found hedge funds in their early stages significantly outperformed those that are established. "Asian markets are increasingly ...

Councils take action on CDOs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
... Martin Gold from the Graduate School of Business at the University of Wollongong. Gold recently explored the issue in his research paper Reform of Investment Organisation in Australia's Local Government Sector. Local Government Financial Services financial ...

High rates pose threat to direct property

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... its direct counterpart are unfounded because the real threat lies in increasing rates, according to Property Investment Research (PIR). The Australian direct property sector's assets grew 14 per cent or $24.7 billion in 2007, up from $21.6 billion from ...

Lander joins Credit Suisse

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
Credit Suisse Asset Management Australia has appointed former van Eyk research head, Jerome Lander, to head of international equities and portfolio of diversified assets. Lander will manage the international equities and portfolio of diversified assets ...

Reputex to tap $554bn sector

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... Energy, Alternative Energy (Upstream Supply), Alternative Energy (Asia) Solar, Nuclear and Water. Hugh Grossman, head of research at Reputex, said investors had largely overlooked the impact of suppliers to alternative energy industries. "High demand ...

Mercer to research India

Leading investment consulting group Mercer is to offer its services in India, where it will research India-based asset and portfolio management groups. The company has appointed Rashmi Mehrotra as its business leader for the new venture and as the head ...

Insurance that gives and gives

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
... Foundation Australia, the Royal Children's Hospital and the Royal Institute for the Deaf and Blind Children. The Baker Heart Research Institute, the Australian Advisory Board on Autism Spectrum Disorders and Peter Mac are also available for donations. ...