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Northern Trust develops emerging markets low CO2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... factors, Northern Trust said. The fund is a new sub-fund of an existing Irish UCITS umbrella fund known as Northern Trust Investment Funds plc., and will be made available to other institutional investors in Europe in accordance with the UCITS Directive. ...

New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... there are some areas where prima facie, you want a profit motive, but you don't want the surplus then to reward the investment of capital because it takes the money out of the system," she said. "You create what's called the virtuous circle. We talk ...

Westpac, CBA raise $10 million for Benevolent Society SBB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Westpac Institutional Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and The Benevolent Society have raised AU$10 million for its social benefit bond (SBB). The funds raised by the SBB will go towards establishing The Resilient Families preservation service ...

Standard Life hires Amanda Young as head of SRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Standard Life Investments has appointed Amanda Young as Head of Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI). Young comes to Standard Life Investments from Newton Investment Management. She is also a main board director of the UK Sustainable Investment ...

PRI launches new reporting framework for signatories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) have launched a new reporting framework that is designed to enhance the transparency of disclosures by asset owner and investment manager signatories. Signatories will be required to publicly report each ...

ACSI hire Gordon Hagart as new chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... United Nations Environment Programme in Geneva, and played a key role in creating the UN Principles for Responsible Investment. "Australia has a world-class pension system, and has become a centre of excellence in integrating ESG issues into investment ...

Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... CEO Foresters Community Finance. The fund was developed after Foresters set up its Social Enterprise Development and Investment Fund (SEDIF). Foresters was one of three fund managers selected by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations ...

NAB's 'Wealth of Opportunity' a new CSR narrative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... through that partnership. The second pillar - building prosperous communities - covers the banks' commercial business and investment activities, but will also communicate their work with not for profits, employee volunteering programs and sponsorship ...

Publish What You Pay to take case to new government

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... government as well. In addition to lobbying government, Publish What You Pay Australia will work with stakeholders in the investment community to push the agenda of payments disclosure on a country-by-country basis. "We will be encouraging our investor ...

UN Global Compact designs equities index that outperforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
The UN Global Compact has launched an equities index based on companies that have committed to the Global Compact's principles, and found that the index has outperformed general global stock indices. The Global Compact 100 (GC 100) is released in partnership ...