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Omega partners with LGS for bond strategy

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... strategy aims to break new ground in the delivery of risk-controlled asset management in the emerging field of sustainable investing, according to Omega and Local Government Super (LGS). LGS has awarded an initial $170m mandate to the Sustainable Global ...

Ecofin Australia wins sustainable mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
Sustainable investing fund manager Ecofin Australia has landed an offshore $25 million mandate investment for its global efficiency fund. Nicki Ashton, managing director of Ecofin Australia, told Financial Standard that while the firm cannot disclose ...

Risk focus needed for sustainable investing: MLC

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
MLC Investment Management has cautioned investors with a penchant for income-heavy portfolios that greater risk diversification and sophisticated strategies are necessary at a time when term deposits on one product reached $400 million. According to ...

Europe to follow Australian sustainability lead

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
UK investment managers are taking tips from Australian funds on sustainable investing practices, following the launch of the Responsible Investment Academy. Seen as a leader in innovation and leadership in the field of responsible investing, Australia ...

Franklin Global Growth gets three-star rating

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... in a statement. "Generation differentiates itself from many of its mainstream competitors by integrating sustainable investing factors into its investment approach." Insync Global Dividend Growth had also made its debut with a two-star score, but requested ...

LGS appoints managers

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... LGS' chief investment officer, Craig Turnbull. Within this newly created role Hartnett will help with LGS sustainable investing initiatives and monitor investment portfolios Peter Lambert, LGS chief executive said that LGS is grappling to ensure that ...

Sustainable investing gathers steam in Europe

NEWS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
The share of sustainable investments in European High Net Worth Individuals' (HNWIs) portfolios has increased since the GFC, a news study has found. Sustainable investments now account for approximately 11 per cent of Europeam HNWI's portfolio's, or ...

Age of greener capitalism

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... managers hell-bent on saving the planet by backing companies that put the environment first, profits second. Sustainable investing, called by any other name, has been around for decades. But Angus Forbes, co-founder of new "green" boutique Natural Capital ...

Sustainability grows in EMs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
Emerging markets have become a hot spot for sustainable investing as fund managers with stakes in the sector boast over $428 billion - or nearly 10 per cent of total investments - in sustainable ventures. According to new research conducted by Mercer ...

Climate change rhetoric yet to match investor reality

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2008
... Investment already amounting to $740 billion, according to research from. "We are seeing the evidence [for sustainable investing] and have the case studies, but we are not getting the uptake we were expecting," said Fahy. To address the information gap ...