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FTSE4Good deletes 15 from series

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
... Donnelly & Sons were deleted from the series for not meeting human and labour rights criteria. Finnish company Sampo and US companies; Equity Residential Properties Trust, Hospira and Limited Brands were deleted for environmental mismanagement. Other ...

The perfect hedge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
Don't know about you but to me, this week is one of the most boring one for equity markets. Wall Street rebounded overnight. Big deal! The numerous companies that have reported second quarter earnings much - some even much, much - better than consensus ...

Loaded one-way bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... cent now reports very disappointing earnings. Yet this also brings doubt in every bull's mind. And this is, have US companies beat expectations - and by much - only because analysts brought down their earnings estimates - and by much? Sure they did. ...

Jumping at shadows no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... up, threatening the financing lifeline of large number - reportedly in the thousands -- of small and medium sized US companies. It's ok now after a US$3 billion rescue from its bondholders. It was in the finance headlines. Yet despite the potential cataclysm ...

US pension deficit shrinks

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
The pension funding status of the largest US companies improved by more than $260 billion in the past two months, according to a report. Mercer's review found the pension plans of the S&P 1500 companies improved by around $60 billion in April and roughly ...

US employees flee pension plans

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
Up to 60 per cent of US companies are seeing their employees postpone retirement plans and reduce pension plan participation. Dissaffected employees are also increasing hardship withdrawals, according to a new Towers Perrin survey. US employees are ...

S&P launches carbon index

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
Standard & Poor's has launched the S&P U.S. Carbon Efficient Index to measure the performance of large cap US companies with low carbon emissions. The index closely tracks the S&P 500 and is rebalanced every quarter whereby stocks in the S&P 500 are ...

Pensions deficit hits US firms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2008
Mega US companies must reassess their risk management strategy and revise profit expectations after pension plans losses turn a $90 billion surplus into a $420 billion deficit, according to Mercer. According to Mercer's research, the S&P 1500 defined ...

Investing in credit the next big opportunity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... investments especially attractive is how they are comprised of highly rated corporate debt issued to large scale US companies against real assets in their firms, explained Perry. Perry said this is why these loans have default rates as low as 3 per cent. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... The Australian sharemarket is expected to open lower today after US stocks fell overnight on nervousness about how US companies will survive a severe pullback in spending. At 0656 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures ...