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FTSE adds more ESG indices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
FTSE and KLD Research & Analytics have joined forces to provide a full suite of environmental, social and governance (ESG) indices.

New rules for short selling

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
Financial watchdog ASIC and the ASX have changed the disclosure rules on short selling, ahead of the expected lifting of the ban on shorting non-financial stocks next month.

Dubai to swoop in bad market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
The Dubai International Financial Sector governor believes the global financial crisis will strengthen the United Arab Emirates' position as an economic and investment hub.

FIIG opens term deposit site

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
Investors can make better informed decisions about their cash investments after FIIG Securities opened a term deposit comparison website.

Ratings first, platforms second: CAAM

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
Credit Agricole Asset Management Australia is focusing its immediate attention on garnering ratings from the top rating firms in Australia, rather than pouring resources into distributing its products via platforms.

PRI members push CSR movement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) signatories are using their collective $6 trillion investment might to persuade around 9,000 companies to sign a set of corporate social responsibility standards.

All not lost for LPTs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
Property is currently the most talked about issue among super funds. Although direct property is smashing its listed counterpart in performance, industry punters caution investors not to discount LPTs as the asset class is expected to bounce back following ...

BT reaps $1.7bn in net inflows

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
BT Investment Management has defied the finance sector's downturn by achieving a credible $1.7 billion in net inflows from institutional and wholesale clients for the year ended September 2008.

Conviction where it counts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
Active managers are paid to make big calls outside the benchmark and fund manager Nicholas Applegate did just that before the bottom fell out of Wall Street.

CFS, ING and APN freeze access to $6bn in capital

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
Colonial First State, ING and APN Funds Management have joined the ranks of the country's leading mortgage funds that have suspended redemptions in the wake of the Government's guarantee on banking deposits, locking up more than $6 billion of investor ...