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Time to go green: Tyndall

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... to become a signatory last week, although the fund manager has had a long history of advocating socially responsible investing. "Tyndall is a long term investor, so these sorts of long term issues are more relevant to our investment style than say [another ...

Pascoe shares VFMC strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... position the $36.4 billion fund for an uncertain future. Among topics lineup of the IMCA conference are responsible investing, the application of innovative techniques of risk management and portfolio construction amid today's turbulent financial markets. ...

Mercer clients gain carbon tool

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2008
... compare against a benchmark such as the FTSE All-Share, S&P 500 or Russell 1000. Helga Birgden, Mercer head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific, said the tool would help clients understand the carbon exposure of their equity investments and provide ...

NZ Super suffers $568m loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... increasing its ability to monitor investment activities and working with the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investing on responsible investment guidance for all asset classes.

LGSS affected by shorting ban

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... further road blocks to the fund's investments via hedge funds in international markets. LGSS's socially responsible investing strategy has also been affected by the ban, although the exposure is contained to a minute one per cent of the fund's Australian ...

TOWER Investments signs UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
... that the rest of the financial community will step up and join TOWER in signing up to the gold standard of responsible investing." UN PRI signatories represent more than $17 billion in assets under management across more than 400 asset owners, investment ...

CFA launches SRI guidelines

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... list was developed after CFA members highlighted the need for guidelines and the 2007 Report on Socially Responsible Investing Trends found SRI assets had grown faster than all other investment assets under professional management. In addition, 380 institutional ...

UN PRI needs public reporting

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2008
... Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) board should mandate a public reporting system on the adoption of responsible investing policies to avoid the process becoming just another box ticking exercise, according to a leading environmental management ...

Climate change rhetoric unsustainable

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... sustainability as we claim to be. Australia is the nation which has the most signatories to the UN principles for responsible investing and we regularly tell countries like the US, China and India to follow our climate change policy lead. But when it ...

EMs too fast, too furious for sub-prime

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... just not on," he said. Franklin Templeton Investments is evaluating participation in the UN Principles of Responsible Investing, but is not a signatory at this point in time.