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Aviva Investors and Cbus win awards

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... and showed core values of integrity, teamwork and innovation. "As the first Australian fund manager to sign the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI), we believe that ESG issues are fundamental in making more informed long-term ...

Vanguard outlines responsible investment stance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... an index manager cannot comply with any responsible investment principles despite not being a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). "It's is a commonly held misconception. We're not a UN PRI signatory but we ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... after disappointing company results, credit tightening in China and fears over the fledgling economic recovery. A United Nations report found that the world economy would rebound in 2010 with 2.4 per cent growth, but it warned that it could slump back ...

Wave of signatories could weaken PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
The head of a top investment firm warned that the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) is in danger of losing its potency as more finance firms sign up for the wrong reasons. Speaking at the Responsible Investor conference in ...

Men's contribution to superannuation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... management. International Men's Day began in Trinidad and Tobago in 1999 and has received indirect support from the United Nations and UNESCO, according to various reports. Its founder was Dr Jerome Teelucksingh, a history lecturer from the University ...

Cbus adds ESG into investment contracts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... Association (AVCAL) Responsible Investment Steering Committee. The committee has recommended their members sign the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) and a number of private equity managers are already have including Ironbridge ...

Perpetual signs UN PRI

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
Perpetual Investments joins the raft of major fund managers that have signed up to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). As a signatory, Perpetual Investments must formally incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) ...

SelectingSuper unveils 2009 top super funds

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... Service Award. Gibbs, former chief executive of ARIA and member of the steering committee that helped developed the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment, won the Industry Service Award for his contribution to the superannuation industry ...

Oasis let back in the good books

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... Cape Town-based Oasis Asset Management, unrelated to a local company by the same name, has been re-instated as a United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) signatory. Oasis Asset Management was delisted as a signatory in August for ...

Private equity firms sign PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
... the country's leading private equity firms, Ironbridge Capital Australia and CHAMP Private Equity have signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). The UN PRI is used as a blueprint for pension funds, super funds, investment ...