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PE group adopts ESG

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
US based Private Equity Council (PEC) members have agreed to integrate governance, social, health, labour and environmental issues into their investment processes. The guidelines were signed after a meeting with PEC and some of the worlds' largest institutional ...

CalPERS grows green strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
If you can't stop the financial crisis, then stop global warming and make money while doing it - much like how the US' biggest pension fund CalPERS has reduced 13.3 per cent of its energy use in 2007 and boosted its bottom line. The $278 billion California ...

First Quadrant taps global macro trends to gain 12pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
Fund manager First Quadrant returned 12 per cent in the three months to September by taking a contrarian view on how to exploit volatility in equities, debt and currency markets. The California-based manager, represented locally by Affiliated Managers ...

US resi housing collapse hits CalPERS

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
The $296 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has suffered a 35 per cent write-down in the market value of its $15 billion residential housing portfolio. Latest figures from CalPERS' assessment of its housing portfolio showed ...

Private equity crunch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
Super funds will be forced to revalue their private equity investments as the global financial crisis hits private equity growth on not one but three fronts: business valuation, earnings growth and ability to service debt. Private equity fund of funds ...

AFA names Adviser of the Year

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
Adam Smith and Paul Daily have been named joint winners of the AFA Adviser of the Year award at last night's AFA Gala Dinner. Tuesday night marked the first time in history the AFA announced joint recipients of the prestigious award that pays tribute ...

AFA nominates 2008 Rising Star

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2008
Up-and-coming financial planners from AMP, Apogee Financial Planning, Total Financial Solutions and Synchron were nominated in this year's AFA Rising Star Awards. The finalists and their dealer group are: A, Mary Benton: AMP Financial Planning A, Brad ...

Symantec ramps up CSR

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
From slashing its energy consumption to designing 'green' buildings, Symantec joins the growing list of companies articulating their environmental policies - all mapped out in its first ever corporate responsibility report released this year. Among ...

CalPERS halts lending to big four

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
The $274 billion California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has temporarily stopped the lending of troubled Wachovia, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and State Street shares. Anne Stausboll, interim chief investment officer of CalPERS ...

CalPERS unveils infrastructure plan

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2008
America's largest pension fund California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is rolling out a two-year specialised investment strategy for infrastructure - heralding its interest in increased portfolio diversity. According to a statement ...