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Gold's dimming lustre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2010
... Likewise, China is rumoured to be putting its hands up to buy the IMF's remaining 203 tonnes. South Korea, Brazil and even tiny Sri Lanka are reportedly also considering beefing up their holdings of the yellow metal. Explanation three. Low interest rates ...

AustralianSuper overhauls SRI mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
AustralianSuper has redefined its $270 million socially responsible investment (SRI) mandate with Perpetual Investments from a strict exclusion approach to a broader best-of-sector strategy. The changes, which occurred this month, mean AustralianSuper's ...

Funds under management post record jump

RAINMAKER GROUP IS THE OWNER OF FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... growing sectors, in percentage terms, over the past 12 months were private equity, sub-advisory, overseas sourced FUM, ethical/SRI and boutique manager FUM. Rainmaker said the return of boutique managers to the leaders group reflects their heavy Australian ...

AMP wins Asset Super mandate

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... without any specific screen for other asset classes (such as international shares and bonds) which formed the balance of the SRI option. Following research by Mercer, the trustee decided to invest in a balanced fund that employs a specific socially responsible ...

Where did the money go?

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... growing sectors was international property, which fell 43 per cent, hedge funds, which dropped 27 per cent and ethical and SRI investment, which fell 25 per cent. In comparison, the five fastest growing investment asset classes included private equity ...

SRI super option blitzes market

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... option. The super fund's six-month investment summary, which is stated using crediting rates, found the Australian shares SRI investment option beat all the other options including international shares and the International Sustainable Shares option ...

Politics wield power over asset prices

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2009
... better off investing in funds run by a Republican supporter. What was conclusive was that Democratic fund managers are "closet SRI" investors, meaning they are more likely to have a bias towards SRI stocks and invest away from sin stocks. On the other ...

Soc Gén named best SRI brokerage firm: survey

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... PRI but the asset management division of both institutions are. Goldman Sachs and Oddo Securities round up the top five best SRI and sustainability research analysts.

US fixed interest SRI beats market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
SRI fixed interest funds in the US have gone from just matching non-SRI mutual fund returns to beating them, according to the latest Cerulli research. "There has always been an unwritten rule that investors have to give up performance to invest their ...

JV raises $1bn for Indian infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
The State Bank of India and Macquarie Group raised over $1 billion in capital to invest in Indian infrastructure projects with a goal to raise around $2 billion in additional capital over the next few years. According to a joint statement, global investors ...