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UCA Funds Management on asset allocation for NFP portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... end, you have people who invest with us, who say can you help us with getting the mix right between cash, growth and equities. They're looking for some guidance. We can only give general advice, but they're orgs and they don't necessarily have a financial ...

VicSuper chooses SSgA for active global equities ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
VicSuper has selected State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) to manage an active global equities environmental, social and governance (ESG) mandate. The mandate, worth approximately AU$310 million, will see SSgA invest in a portfolio of global equities ...

UCA Funds Management appoints Terry McCredden to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... assets under management and has three portfolios - the UCA Cash Portfolio, the UCA Growth Portfolio and the UCA Australian Equities Portfolio.

Inalytics, PIRC find corporate governance, share price link

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... has thus far only been completed for the UK, but that will change, with analysis of the US S&P500 and the Australian equities index coming later this year, Field said. "That research paper is just on the UK market at the moment," Field said. "[PIRC] ...

LGS invests in US$250 million EBRD green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... and around $3.7 billion of total assets are in responsible investment strategies across Australian and international equities, property, absolute return, private equity and sovereign bonds. Last year, LGS awarded its nearly AU$170 million government ...

PRI launches new reporting framework for signatories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... modules, requiring disclosures from signatories about policies and practices in asset class-specific modules covering listed equities, fixed income, private equity, property, infrastructure, and inclusive finance. PRI said an average signatory will need ...

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 ...

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... the average pension fund has 34% of its portfolio in fixed income. "While ESG analysis has been applied increasingly to equities, few have put it to the test in fixed income until now," said James Gifford, executive director of the PRI in a statement. ...

Australian Ethical Investment to reorganise business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... of product improvements we've made to our super fund, particularly in our insurance offering." The rising Australian equities market has also brought new inflows to Australian Ethical's managed fund offerings both from advised clients and direct cleints ...

NGS Super to launch stand-along SRI fund option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... lack of uptake in the Green Shares option related more to the fact that it was fairly risky and volatile - it's 100% equities, with 60% Australian equities and 40% international equities. This research showed us that members say that SRI is more important ...