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PRI toolkit hits the market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... disclosure. The EIRIS PRI Toolkit includes three tools named EIRisk, Global Compact Engager and Report Monitor. EIRisk covers principle one or the incorporation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into investment analysis. It describes ...

EAI merges with PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
Enhanced Analytics Initiative (EAI) and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) are joining forces to create a $15 trillion asset under management investment research firm. Both EAI and PRI initiatives aim to achieve better long-term investment ...

First State Super joins UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
First State Superannuation Scheme, representing more than $15.4 billion in funds under management, signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). The super fund joins other New South Wales government affiliated fund, Local ...

Climate change rhetoric yet to match investor reality

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
While the financial services industry acknowledges the significant long term risks posed by climate change, there are still tremendous gaps between rhetoric and reality of what investors are doing about it, reveals a major study just released by Finsia. ...

AMP wins $42m SRI mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2008
The $450 million industry fund Christian Super has appointed AMP with a $42 million Australian Equities mandate. According to Tim Macready, chief investment officer of Christian Super, the mandate was awarded in July and marks AMP's debut win from the ...

UN launches PRI think tank

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) initiative has taken another step to bridge the gap between research and integration by creating a global network of PRI experts. The PRI Academic Network was launched at the European ...

NZ Super suffers $568m loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
The world credit crisis has drawn blood from another victim, with New Zealand Superannuation Fund posting a loss of $568 million or 4.92 per cent for the year ended 30 June 2008. The 4.92 per cent figure was the fund's net return on investment for the ...

Markets are a public good: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
Australia may be a small country but it took Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's 2,700 word speech to the United Nations on Friday to articulate a way out of the global financial mess. The speech was in contrast to US Treasury secretray Henry Paulson's widely ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
The Australian stock market is expected to open stronger today after US political leaders struck an agreement in principle on a $US700 billion plan to revive the crippled financial system. It is hoped both houses of US congress will vote on the plan ...

Clear focus to drive age pension reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
In reviewing the appropriate pension payment level, the government must decide if the fundamental purpose of the age pension is to reduce poverty or to replace income, argues the Institute of Actuaries (IA) in a new discussion paper. The paper, New ...