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BT Financial and Westpac launch all-in-one super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
... choosing from four different investment types. And tapping into growing demand for Sustainable and Responsible Investing (SRI), members can also avail of the SRI option for their fund. Clarke said the application process for the product can be completed ...

The $10 million sustainable punt

... Local Government Superannuation Scheme (LGSS) continues to be the poster child for sustainable and responsible investing (SRI) after raking in $9.6 million in returns for members by shorting shares that didn't pass its SRI screen. Long before Al Gore ...

No more sustainable investment roadblocks: Russell

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
... 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 ...

SRI funds beat the index

Sustainable Responsible Investment (SRI) funds are not just good for the soul, they're good for the hip pockets too after yet another study that found SRI portfolios have beaten the index in the last two years. The latest SRI Median Study from AMP Capital ...

Green fund for the mainstream

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
... governance factors. Gore distinguishes the fund's approach to that of traditional ethical or socially responsible investment (SRI) funds. "Ethical or positive screen funds have reached less than one per cent of the market. I'm not here to criticise them ...

LGSS expands direct property assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... sustainability through its investments. In February, the fund announced it will implement a Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) policy across its entire property portfolio. LGSS chairman Brian Harris said the acquisition presented a great opportunity ...

Clean, green profit machines

... on the analysis of the financial year returns of 68 ASX listed clean technology companies, Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) ratings agency Corporate Monitor has found that the sector enjoyed double the returns of the Australian sharemarket. Using ...

FUM hits $1.4tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
... is still the hottest asset class jumping 57 per cent during the year, up $48 billion. Following direct property is ethical/SRI which is up 53 per cent, and alternative assets which are up 46 per cent. Rainmaker said the changing structure for how managers ...

Watson Wyatt sharpens SRI focus

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
Watson Wyatt has strengthened its ethical and socially responsible investing (SRI) consulting credentials with the appointment of a specialist to the global manager research team. Jane Goodland joins the investment consulting business as a specialist ...

Investa property funds get SRI tick

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... Fund are Australia's first property funds to receive the Ethical Investment Association's Sustainable Responsible Investment (SRI) certificate. The funds received the certification after reviewing the environmental, social, ethical and labour standards ...