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Australian Ethical CIO resigns

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
Australian Ethical Investment's chief investment officer Martin Halloran has resigned to take up an undisclosed senior role in public service. Head of research James Jordan will assume his post in the interim. Phillip Vernon, chief executive of Australian ...

Solaris hires ex-Suncorp ESG manager

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
... dealing for what is now the Solaris investment team. She was a portfolio specialist for the Suncorp Investment Management Ethical Balanced Trust and other ESG portfolios. Solaris is a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment ...

ASX companies fall short on corruption disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... per cent of all top 200 Australian companies disclose a policy on dealing with ethics but only four per cent tie their ethical policy to remuneration outcomes," he said. "No wonder ethical issues are not front of mind for executives. Why should it be ...

Kill chicken, scare monkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... employees accepted bribes. By doing this, they engaged in deplorable behaviour that is totally at odds with our strong ethical culture. In accordance with our policies, we will terminate their employment." All good. No company would ever hold onto a ...

Not-for-profits still beat retail: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2010
... Society, coming in only 33rd place. The second best retail fund, Challenger, came 36th and the third best, Australian Ethical, came 47th. A major aspect of the tables is how the APRA analysis deals with default investment options, which account for 52 ...

ETS collapse threatens ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... trading however failed to dampen flows into specialist managed funds. Paul Harding-Davis, head of distribution at Australian Ethical Investment, said, "We're not seeing it affect our business and I wouldn't expect to see it impact our core client base." ...

Australian Ethical taps global smart energy

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
Fund manager Australian Ethical has repositioned its International Equities Trust to focus on global smart energy. The trust has always invested in renewable energy, recycling, efficient transport and other smart energy companies in previous years but ...

GSJBWAM joins IFSA board

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... Asset Management, has been appointed to the IFSA board, replacing Anne O'Donnell, former managing director at Australian Ethical Investment, who has resigned. This announcement comes after Anne O'Donnell, former managing director at Australian Ethical ...

ASIC power boost could trigger witch-hunts

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... witch hunt to prove a point, as had happened in the past," he said. Overall, however, Singh said lifting the standards of ethical conduct is a big step towards restoring market confidence and prevent further insider trading cases. John Prossor, director ...

AustralianSuper overhauls SRI mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... Delaney said the change would allow the option to receive a greater amount of inflows. Simon Bridger, portfolio manager - ethical SRI fund at Perpetual Investments, said the revised approach would smooth out the performance of the option. "This style ...