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Sustainable investing eclipses SRI

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2007
... sustainable investing models have evolved so quickly they have all but eclipsed so-called socially responsible investing (SRI) as yesterday's fad.

FUM surges to $1.4 trillion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2007
... 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 ...

LGSS paints $400m in property green

The Local Government Superannuation Scheme (LGSS) is planning to implement a Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) policy across its $400 million property portfolio, a step change that other super funds could soon follow as environmental issues ...

NZ Super responds to SRI attack by Greens Party

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
The New Zealand Superannuation Board has responded to an attack from the NZ Greens Party that alleged they were investing in companies that manufacture nuclear weapons and cluster bombs. David May, chairman of the Board of the Guardians of New Zealand ...

FTSE launches climate change criteria into SRI indices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2007
... with one of the major concerns facing business and investors today while also being a milestone in the evolution of their SRI indices. Mark Makepeace, chief executive of FTSE Group said, "Climate change is an important issue for companies and investors ...

Past performance still a bad future indicator: S&P

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2007
Standard & Poor's (S&P) latest persistence scorecard for mutual funds in the US continues to show very few funds managed to consistently repeat top-half or top-quartile performance. According to the scorecard over the five years ending December 2006 ...

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 ...

LGSS reaps $6m from SRI

The Local Government Superannuation Scheme's (LGSS) initiative to follow a strict socially responsible investing (SRI) policy paid off to the tune of more than $6 million, proof you don't have to be bad to be good. The LGSS board calculated that its ...

SRI needs clarification: Finsia

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
... messages. Specifically, the research conducted by ANOP revealed that 'mum and dad' investors would be more likely to invest in the SRI sector if they understood more about the concepts and the performance of funds in the sector. Finsia commission the ...

SRIs beat the index time and time again

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2006
Analysis by AMP Capital Investors shows that Sustainable Responsible Investment (SRI) funds have outperformed the S&P/ASX 200 Index across a range of market conditions over one, three and five years. Senior investment specialist, Angus Dennis, said ...