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Super funds to re-jig mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
A majority 64 per cent of Australia's major superannuation funds are looking to change their investment mandates to factor in climate change issues, a survey found. The Climate Institute and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ...

BlackRock to buy Barclays Global Investors...

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
BlackRock has signed a purchase agreement to buy Barclays Global Investors including its ETF platform, iShares, to create a $3.3 trillion (US$2.7 trillion) asset management giant. According to a media statement released this morning, the deal will see ...

LGS boosts green power

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
The $4.6 billion NSW-based Local Government Super has become the first building owner in Australia to convert all of its tenants to 100 per cent GreenPower - making the building completely emission free. LGS, which claims the move as an Australia-first ...

Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards 2009

... - ING Australia Take a Week Off Work - CommInsure Perennial Perspective - Perennial Investment Partners Rainmaker Group, owner of Financial Standard, started the awards back in 2002 to recognise the achievements of marketing professionals in financial ...

Net tightens on executive pay

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2009
Goodbye golden parachutes - APRA has released a consultation package encouraging financial services firms to set up stricter guidelines when deciding executive remuneration. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is recommending its regulated ...

Nooo Commission strips trailing fees off home loans

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
New home buyers could save as much as $50,000 in home loan costs under a new product by NSW-based Nooo Commission Group, which yesterday launched a "flat fee" home loan - stripping away upfront commissions and trailing fees typically embedded in traditional ...

Cbus CEO competes for UN PRI seat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... that position, Atkin worked at ESSSuper and, separately, JUST Super. "Although Australia has a very high level of asset owner PRI signatories, we do not currently have any representation on the board. Australia actually has more asset owner signatories ...

AIST chair set sights on UN PRI board

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... something you are actually committed to doing something about," said Robertson. The UN PRI is governed by 11 elected asset owner signatories and two UN representatives. There are currently no Australians on the UN PRI board. Current board members include ...

CFS GAM releases second PRI report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM), which manages more than $128 billion in funds, has launched its second progress report on implementing the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). The report covers the firm's ...

AllianceBernstein wins Treasury mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
AllianceBernstein has won a US Treasury mandate to manage assets issued by banks and other institutions involved in the Capital Purchase Program under the Emergency Economic Stabilisation Act. AllianceBernstein is one of three firms selected to manage ...