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Investa property funds get SRI tick

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... (IFM) Diversified Office Fund and Commercial Property Fund are Australia's first property funds to receive the Ethical Investment Association's Sustainable Responsible Investment (SRI) certificate. The funds received the certification after reviewing ...

Managed funds count carbon emission costs

NICK OLIVER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
While many investors and companies await the results of the Federal Government's task group set up to investigate the potential effects of introducing a carbon trading scheme, some investment managers are taking the initiative and developing models ...

NZ Super responds to SRI attack by Greens Party

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
... highlighted that the fund is a founding member of the UN Principles on Responsible Investment, a member of the Ethical Investment Association and a signatory to the Carbon Disclosure project. "We have been taking a number of steps to lead the way in ...

Max Super to go max Direct with investment funds

Incumbent financial services providers will face a new threat early next year when online super fund max Super launches its own branded investment funds, to be called max Direct. Co-founder and chief executive of max Super, Andrew Barlow, said the group ...

Suncorp scores $35m AMP mandate

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2006
... over time and was well suited to managing an ethical mandate. "This stock selection process is extended to our ethical investment process as it becomes even more important to analyse the specifics of each company in relation to the ethical criteria of ...

Ethical investment education comes online

Ethical investment will come online this year, with Australia's first educational course being offered to Financial advisers worldwide. Global assurance and compliance group, SAI Global Limited, have announced that they will partner with the Ethical ...

Perpetual wins for being green

... mining and efficient fossil fuel management more seriously than before over the past ten years. According to the Ethical Investment Association (EIA), total SRI assets grew at a rate of 70 per cent over the last 12 months. Funds under management also ...

Ausbil Dexia notches four stars

... differs from that of other funds as it focuses on 'best-in-class' businesses, as opposed to the more exclusive ethical investment methodologies. As for the Australian Active Equity fund, Schwand remarked: "The Australian equity process is well articulated ...

Charity begins at Hunter Hall

Ethical investment manager Hunter Hall International is to donate 5 per cent of its 2005 pre-tax profits to charities, and urges other fund managers to adopt similar philanthropic measures. The group will present cheques totalling around $700,000 to ...

Mercer to screen managers against ESG

... reviews for around 30 managers in Australia by the end of this year. This Mercer IC follows the release of 2005 Ethical Investment Benchmarking study, commissioned by the Ethical Investment Association, that showed a dramatic increase in the segment ...