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Loomis Sayles taps luxury goods and alt energy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2008
US based investment manager Loomis Sayles is positioning its Global Growth fund to capture global consumer expenditure in luxury electronic items and rising demand for alternative energy sources despite the on going global economic slump. Mark Baribeau ...

UN PRI assets reach $15tr

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
... addition, the report found the number of signatories which engaged with policy makers and industry regulators on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues increased by 29 per cent to 79 per cent. The number of UN PRI signatories which asked companies ...

Bakers launch alt energy retail fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... and will cover six sectors such as low emission utilities, renewable energy, natural gas, uranium, hydrogen and environmental technologies. "This product gives [retail investors] the chance to make a diversified investment in the alternative energy sector ...

Zurich extends political risk insurance to EMs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
... certain projects based on the level of greenhouse gases reduced. The protocol provides the means to monetise the environmental benefits of reducing greenhouse gas and selling emissions credits. According to a Zurich statement, the carbon credit market ...

ING A rejects munitions claims

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
... what signing the protocols pragmatically means. ING Australia is already a signatory of the Equator Principles for environmental and social benchmarks for project financiers which were launched in 2003.

FTSE100 shines in ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2008
... year compared to four years ago. For the past three years, FTSE100 companies on the whole have performed well on environmental issues, with over 80 per cent of company policies and 70 per cent of management systems now assessed as "good" or "exceptional" ...

Sunsuper injects $19m into hot rocks

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2008
Sunsuper has pumped $19 million into South Australian company Geodynamics in its latest "innovative" investment venture. A recent offer by Sunsuper to inject more than $19 million into listed hot rocks developer Geodynamics has been given the green ...

UN PRI needs public reporting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... responsible investing policies to avoid the process becoming just another box ticking exercise, according to a leading environmental management and public policy expert. Rory Sullivan, head of investor responsibility of US-based Insight Investment and ...

Mercer zeroes in on ESG managers

Mercer has revamped its manager research process to evaluate the extent fund managers pro-actively integrate environmental, social and governance factors (ESG) into their mainstream investment process. The new research approach will give Australian ...

GES and Limestone launch Eastern Europe SRI fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... Investment (UN PRI), the fund does not use a negative qualitative screen and will engage companies to improve their environmental and social risks. "The markets of Eastern Europe offer a new opportunity for investors who want to maintain their ethical ...