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PRI publishes hedge fund responsible investment paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... working group, with input from representatives from Albourne Partners, APG, BT Pension Scheme, Church of England National Investing Bodies, the Environmental Investment Partnership, Harcourt Investment Consulting, Hedge Fund Standards Board, Hermes EOS ...

Responsible investment in The Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... style democracies, that does give the government of China power to move and sometimes to move profoundly." However, investing in Asian countries and companies does increase the exposure to issues like human rights abuses and other social issues, making ...

Cruelty Free Super celebrates second birthday

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... management. The fund is aiming for AU$10m in assets under management and plans to contribute to the development of ethical investing by contributing model portfolio strategies for independent financial analysis, said director and founder Lee Coates. ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... uncertainty. The carbon price journey is only one part of that. So that has been the environment into which we have been investing, doing so on a commercial basis, or through a commercial filter, rather than being politically or specifically policy-driven.... ...

Sustainable investing needed as global economy transforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... framework to assist investors in integrating sustainability into their processes and outlined it in a paper, Sustainable investing - we need a bigger boat. The framework covers organisational design for asset owners through the investment decision making ...

ANZ, GPT Group named 2012 DJSI supersector leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... annual update to its sustainability indices, as announced by SAM, an investment boutique specialising in sustainability investing, and S&P Dow Jones Indices. In their assessment of ANZ Bank, DSJI pointed to ANZ's new financial inclusion strategy, their ...

Local Government Super recognised at Green Globe Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Wales government's 2012 Green Globe Awards. LGS CEO Peter Lambert LGS was recognised for its sustainable and responsible investing commitments with the climate change leadership award. "There are two main drivers behind Local Government Super's decade-long ...

US college and university endowments lag on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
American college and university endowments have a weak understanding of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing strategies, trends and opportunities, according to a report by the Tellus Institute. US college and university endowments manage ...

Most Asia Pacific private equity investors monitor ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... lot more often." Investors and potential investors are increasingly asking Coller Capital for ESG information before investing, Freeman said. "We see a lot more of UNPRI questioning," he said. "We have to audit through to underlying companies in the ...

Australian Ethical management survive general meeting vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Green Party at the last federal election. Without changing who we are, there is some reason why that other 1.18m aren't investing with us - is it because they aren't aware of us, or is it that once they are aware of us, there's some reason they don't ...