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Swan weighs in on currencies, promotes reform agenda

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... this reform agenda, but it is not the only issue. It has to be accompanied by structural reforms necessary to promote sustainable growth in all economies." Swan reiterated the government's plans to continue growing the national savings pool via the superannuation ...

SSgA hits $45m in 24 hours

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
... Select High Dividend Yield ETF take-up was a strong sign investors are looking for investments that provided high and sustainable dividends. "We've been working on this strategy for some time and convinced ourselves that the MSCI benchmark and index ...

LGS appoints managers

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... reports to 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 ...

Doing good pays off for Christian Super

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... governance (ESG) credentials are positively weighted. "We try to invest in good themes - microfinance, renewable energy, sustainable agriculture," Murphy explained. "We also try to do corporate engagement where we can," he added, citing the fund's successful ...

SSgA ETF targets high yields

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... introduced the SPDR MSCI Australia Select High Dividend Yield ETF, which seeks to provide investors with high and sustainable dividends. Rob Goodlad, SSgA senior managing director for Australia, said key to this offering is independence, as the ETF is ...

Ausbil Dexia signs ESG deal with CAER

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... (ESG) research services from Canberra-based CAER. The employee-owned, boutique fund manager's ESG product, the Dexia Sustainable Global Equity Fund (DSEF), was established back in 2004, but the agreement to obtain research from CAER represents the Ausil ...

Advisers champion responsible investing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... pension funds, lead the way in ESG issues, according to an expert. Alexis Krajeski, associate director governance & sustainable investment at F&C Investments, said there's more interest in the retail sector towards environmental, social and governance ...

Challenge your consultants on ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... Conference in Sydney this morning. He speaks from experience, having served as director of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development in Geneva and a senior adviser to the Secretary General of the U.N. Earth Summit in 1992. He has written ...

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 ...

AMP hires environment, social governance expert

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... manager from international consulting firm Proviti. At Proviti, he led a team advising blue-chip clients across the sustainable development agenda including climate change and carbon risk, greenhouse gas reporting and verification, emissions trading ...