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EMs too fast, too furious for sub-prime

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... globally. In the case of Australia, with Asia being so important, an Asian portfolio is also very good," he said. But for the ethical or sustainable investor, emerging markets remain a hard gate to open as human rights issues and un-democratic political ...

Christian Super avoids tobacco

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... cent of superannuation members wanted their funds to exclude investment into tobacco companies. Christian Super adopts an ethical investment screen, which excludes investment in companies that receive more than five per cent of its income from tobacco ...

Partners unveils new legal division

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
... practices which has directors from both legal and non-legal professions." "While Partners Legal provides clients with the same ethical protection they'd receive from any other legal practice, they also have the added benefit of input from advisers across ...

BRIC sector splits SRI managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
Ethical and socially responsible investments (SRI) fund managers have conflicting policies on how they invest in BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) markets, leading to inconsistent returns for SRI investors. According to Mercer research, emerging ...

Take governance seriously or lose investor support

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... governance concerns seriously these investors will vote with their wallets. "Some companies seem to have an absence of an ethical framework," said Erik Mather, managing director of Regnan, speaking at the annual conference for the Australasian Investor ...

HESTA appoints five

... appointment comes on the tail of the fund being shortlisted in this year's Sustainability Awards organised by the Australian Ethical Investor. Vicki Doust has been appointed to the newly created position of risk manager. Her role will complement the ...

VicSuper wins Sustainability Super Fund award

... at the Australian Sustainability Awards held last week. Organised by sustainability publication specialist Australian Ethical Investor, two new awards were introduced this year to acknowledge how the financial services industry was responding to the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... Mermaid Marine Ltd, Nexus Energy Ltd, Jervois Mining Ltd, Austral Waste Ltd, Australian Wealth Management Ltd, Australian Ethical Investment Ltd also hold their AGMs. The Australian stock market closed in negative territory yesterday, following sharp ...

Responsible investing gains momentum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... development is also leading to three distinct RI sub-segments. The first is values-lead or specialist funds, commonly known as ethical or socially and responsible investing (SRI). The second is for alpha-enhancing funds that actively try to find misspriced ...

No more sustainable investment roadblocks: Russell

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
... thanks to new research and evolving market practices. The report reviewed a list of more than 40 empirical studies into ethical, SRI and Sustainable investing approaches and concluded that: "There is no necessary performance penalty from pursuing a sustainable ...