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UNPRI signatories name corporate ESG engagement issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... waste and pollution, health and safety and vote confirmation. See Also: Q&A with James Gifford, executive director of the UNPRI

Solaris Investment Management augments distribution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... investments for now and in the future." Solaris is a style-neutral Australian equities boutique fund manager. The firm, a UNPRI signatory, uses ESG considerations as one of its qualitative analysis factors. See Also: Superannuation funds aware of ESG ...

Emerald Club and Premium Wealth Management sign alliance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... the reasons why we're partnering with Premium - we want to make sure that the funds are not only ticking the boxes from an UNPRI perspective, or working in that direction, but also from an independent research list as well." Emerald Club currently have ...

Most Asia Pacific private equity investors monitor ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... said Jon Freeman, a partner at Coller Capital. "I have seen this a lot from Australian and New Zealander clients - they ask UNPRI questions. It's something we see a lot more often." Investors and potential investors are increasingly asking Coller Capital ...

Investor Profile: Five Oceans Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... record been, what risks, the factors and what does that mean in terms of a potential investment? Is it in the price? When the UNPRI came along, we were quite happy to sign up for it, because we'd already established a pathway to how we thought about ...

Superannuation funds increasingly act, invest sustainably

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... 2011. In terms of collaborative body participation, 25% are signatories to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), 19% to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) and 17% to the Carbon Disclosure Project. The report noted ...

CFSGAM reports top quartile performance in UNPRI principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) is rated as performing in the top quartile of global investment managers for five of the six UNPRI principles, and the firm has reaffirmed its commitment to leadership in integrating ESG considerations into the investment ...

Emerald Wrap launches, joins UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
The Emerald Wrap, a dedicated responsible investment, superannuation and pension platform, has added RaboDirect, a division of Rabobank Australia, as a second term deposit provider to Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, and will become a signatory to the UN ...

Five Oceans AM to run Skandia Global Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... of the balance sheet, and it could improvements on ESG issues." Five Oceans Asset Management was founded in 2005 and is a UNPRI signatory. The Skandia Global Equity Fund was previously managed by J.P. Morgan Asset Management, according to Scandia.

Q&A with James Gifford, executive director of the UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
James Gifford is the executive director of the UNPRI. He is currently in Australia and met with The Sustainability Report to talk about PRI's progress, its future plans, the challenges to implementing responsible investment (RI,) and how PRI can assist ...