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Sustainable investing eclipses SRI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... Blood told McKinsey & Co, "Sustainability investing is the explicit recognition that social, economic, environmental and ethical factors directly affect business strategy. "For example, how companies attract and retain employees, how they manage the ...

ASFA develops standardised super fund data forms

ALEX DUNNIN, HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... Performance Standards (GIPS), which it wants members to follow when reporting investment performance. "The GIPS are a set of ethical principles that establish a standardised, industry-wide approach to how investment firms should calculate and report ...

Mortgage brokers bounce back in latest mystery shop

... mortgages by CHOICE magazine which heavily criticised broker advice and service and recommended further regulation to enforce ethical and service standards. For example, in contrast to the view that brokers recommend lenders based on commission, some ...

FUM surges to $1.4 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
... with an increase of 18.7 per cent," said Rainmaker. "The five fastest growing sectors, in headline percentage terms, were ethical/SRI, direct property, property securities, 'other', and hedge funds. The five slowest sectors were diversified pooled wholesale ...

IFSA toughens up conflicts and ethics standards

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2007
... the need to invest in staff as a form of future insurance. The code of conduct also explicitly outlines standards for ethical, transparent decision-making and corporate governance. IFSA chief executive officer, Richard Gilbert said, "The substantially ...

Charles River key IT for Islamic funds

Technology plays a fundamental role in allowing more funds to manage investments that conform to Islamic law, according to US based managed funds technology specialist Charles River. Charles River is one of the leading developers of Investment Management ...

BT promotes to replace Angus

... manager who left the company last month. Chemello will take on Angus' responsibilities as the portfolio manager of the Ethical and Imputation funds. Previously, Chemello was the senior analyst across a range of sectors including financial services and ...

Managed funds count carbon emission costs

NICK OLIVER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
... their existing emissions under the states' proposal. Another manager gearing up for a carbon trading scheme is Australian Ethical Investments. "There needs to be a system that takes into account the environmental costs of production," said Anne O'Donnell ...

NZ Super responds to SRI attack by Greens Party

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
... companies, and highlighted that the fund is a founding member of the UN Principles on Responsible Investment, a member of the Ethical Investment Association and a signatory to the Carbon Disclosure project. "We have been taking a number of steps to lead ...

FUM climbs to $1.3 trillion trumping national debt

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
... Rainmaker said the five fastest growing sectors, in headline percentage terms, were hedge funds, property securities, ethical/SRI, property and 'other assets'. Putting the figures into perspective, economic commentators said last week's National Accounts ...