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Rainmaker reveals 2011 Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
... better than receiving the recognition from your peers and to have won an award that's recognised by the industry, based on ethical standards, compliance standards and a duty of care, is a great honour," he said. "It's been a tough environment for clients ...

Carbon tax ready companies to produce profits

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... carbon tax may be beneficial for retail investors with small cap exposure," said Michelle Brisbane, director and adviser, Ethical Investment Services. "Advisers who do not invest research into environmental issues such as carbon emissions may end up ...

CFSGAM sees ESG improve returns

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... "There is still a level of misunderstanding within the industry regarding the difference between socially responsible or ethical investing and integrated ESG management," said Amanda McCluskey, head of sustainability and responsible investment, CFSGAM. ...

Catholic Super positions itself for coming investment shifts

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... focal point in providing leadership with sustainability-based investing. Lette was keen to draw a distinction between ethical investing and sustainability investing. "Ethical investing implies an investor with a particular value set wishing to use those ...

ANU partners with CFA Inst

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
... the degree program covers about 70 percent of the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge including the CFA Institute ethical and professional standards. "By mastering the fundamentals of the CFA Program, students will be well on their way to earning ...

Ratings wrap

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... a four star 'NEW' rating from S&P. The product from US-based AQR is new to the Australian market. Hunter Hall's Global Ethical Trust Hedged Fund, launched earlier this year to provide investors with direct hedged exposure to the Hunter Hall Ethical Trust ...

S&P awards three stars to new Hunter Hall fund

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
Standard & Poor's (S&P) has assigned a three-star 'NEW' rating to the Hunter Hall Global Ethical Trust Hedged Fund. Hunter Hall's new Global Ethical Trust Hedged Fund provides investors with direct hedged exposure to the Hunter Hall Ethical Trust which ...

Super funds at risk of cyber crime

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... don't protect their systems, internet security firm Pure Hacking said today. Ty Miller, chief technology officer of the ethical hacking security and testing firm, said most fraud comes from within a business's own organisation. Miller said it was too ...

Super funds fail on carbon disclosure

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2011
... from a number of influential investors, advisers and investor groups," said James Thier, executive director of Australian Ethical Investment. The Climate Advocacy Fund is now formulating climate change resolutions for the next reporting season.

FPA calls for naming rights

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... accounting profession bodies. This means there are 6000 financial planners or more than a third that are working in an ethical or professional vacuum." The Association of Financial Advisers, which has 7000 members and a strict code of ethics, has also ...