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Insto investors urged to challenge private equity ethics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... the ethical implications of their existing PE investment may be to engage with these PE firms, as proposed by the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment. This essentially involves subjecting PE investment to the same standards ...

LUCRF to assess climate change investment risks

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013
... consider how LUCRF can best act to protect its members and make a constructive contribution to the environment. "The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) instruct investors to take active ownership and to work together to collectively ...

Responsible investment takes centre stage at ASFA conference

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson put responsible, ethical investment at the heart of his address. Speaking about the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), Robertson said: "These are ideological megatrends uncharted by the CSIRO ...

Senate to question ASIC over alleged RBA corruption

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
... Hussein's brother-in-law to illegally supply plastic bank notes to the Iraqi government while it was subject to United Nations sanctions. The whistleblowers also confirmed that ASIC decided in 2012 not to conduct an inquiry into the directors of the ...

South Africa leads foreign investment in the continent

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... 2010 to $6.4 billion in 2012. The figures came from the 'Global Investment Trends Monitor' report issued by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTD). The report was published ahead of the fifth Brazil, Russia, India, China and South ...

ISPT, Cbus, Omega stewardship and innovation award winners

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013
... of their leadership in disclosure, governance standards, member engagement and their demonstrated commitment to United Nations Principles for Responsibel Investment (UNPRI). Omega Global Investors was acknowledged for their strategic approach to risk ...

AIST appoints CEO

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... Parliamentary committees. Reynolds left AIST in January to accept the role of managing director of the London-based United Nations Principles of Responsible Investing (UNPRI). Garcia's appointment is immediate. He will meet with all AIST member funds ...

SPAA joins UN group

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... SMSF Professionals Association of Australia has become the first Australian financial services group to join a United Nations independent financial advice convention. Yesterday the SMSF Professionals Association of Australia (SPAA) said it had joined ...

Interviews start soon for new AIST CEO

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... shortly, to replace current chief Fiona Reynolds, who resigned to take up a new role as managing director of the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment (UNPRI). Reynolds will leave her role as head of the representative body for not-for-profit ...

IFM awarded inaugural Aust Small Caps mandate

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2012
... not-for-profit Australian pension funds, IFM invests on behalf of institutional investors. It is committed to the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment and has been a signatory since 2008.