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UN's ESG principles gaining traction

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
... governance (ESG) issues to their shareholders. James Gifford, executive director of the UN's PRI Initiative, said the findings bear out the trend that management and shareholders are seeing the long-term value in addressing ESG issues. "These findings ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... for energy companies. Major indices had fallen earlier in the day after weaker-than-expected durable goods data. Shares of Bear Stearns Cos rose 2.8 per cent to $US143.31, after the company moved to bolster its two troubled hedge funds. A sharp rise ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2007
... night. "We've had four or five out of the last six nights be pretty negative for base metal prices. I think that is coming to bear on the market and it's probably only (because of) the deferral of selling and a bit of end of financial year machinations ...

Bank on high quality: ipac

... rewarding 'low quality' companies, said ipac's chief investment officer Jeff Rogers. He explained that if you go back to the bear market of 2002, some low quality companies were close to bankruptcy. But the government reduced the cost of running businesses ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2007
... up well." US stocks closed lower overnight as growing concerns about the subprime mortgage market dragged down shares of Bear Stearns Cos and Goldman Sachs Group. Shares of Bear Stearns Cos, which last week bailed out one of its hedge funds that is heavily ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2007
... NEW YORK - US stocks closed lower on Monday as growing concerns about the subprime mortgage market dragged down shares of Bear Stearns Cos and Goldman Sachs Group. Shares of Bear Stearns Cos, which last week bailed out a hedge fund it manages that is ...

Economic round-up: Market shivers

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
... US hit a low last week as a group of Wall Street banks attempted to bail-out two hedge funds that suffered severe losses. Bear Stearns who is managing both funds will commit more of its own capital to try and recoup some losses and rescue at least one ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2007
... stocks tumbled on Friday, wrapping up their worst week since a global sell-off in February amid fears that trouble at two Bear Stearns hedge funds may signal worse problems ahead for credit markets. Investors were rattled, also, by news that Democrats ...

Antares teams with Lodestar for absolute returns

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
... lived up to its stellar name and according to Morgan should continue delivering 'superior absolute returns' in both bull and bear markets. The fund is available on the MasterKey Custom Platform with a minimum initial investment is $20,000.The management ...

Economic round-up: dust off the bear suit

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
... and powerful market returns, however there is more and more talk among market analysts that it could be time to get that bear suit dry-cleaned ready for another wear. Accrording to a report in London's telegraph, Morgan Stanley is advising clients to ...