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Former Count head of research joins Aviva

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
... billion-plus fund manager runs a suite of managed funds including in Australian Equities, Australian Resources and Sustainable Investment. Last November, the group expanded into managed accounts with the launch of the Aviva Investors Direct Separately ...

Instos want more rewards for low-carbon assets

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
A group statement signed by 259 global investors, with collective assets totalling over US$15 trillion, calls for stronger policies to incentivise more private capital going into sustainable investments The group statement expresses concern for "risks ...

Advisers champion responsible investing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... 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 issues ...

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 Capital adds ESG researcher

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... analyst. He joins the firm after working at independent advisory firm Arbor Partners where he provided sustainable investment research to institutional investors. Carlsson-Sweeny previously worked in ESG research at Scandinavian investment bank, Carnegie ...

AMP Cap add resources as fund placed 'on hold'

PRESS RELEASES  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... senior ESG researcher, remains at the fund and will manage Edgerton's responsibilities. "Given the fund's sustainable investment focus, detailed ESG research is an imperative component of the fund's research process. S&P believes the ESG team size was ...

FuturePlus operations head in shock exit

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2010
The operations head at FuturePlus, Bob Biancardi, left the firm last Friday amid tensions between its two owners, LGSS and EISS, the multi-billion dollar government funds currently locked in a power struggle. It is understood that Biancardi was dismissed ...

Age of greener capitalism

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... David Blood]," he said. Unlike other fund managers, which run traditional products and have one or two sustainable investment options, Generation Investment is a pure green fund, with a philosophy that cuts across all its strategies. Forbes noted that ...

AIST chair set sights on UN PRI board

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... push resulted in the fund committing to never invest in tobacco shares and led to the fund introducing a sustainable investment overlay into the fund's $2 billion Australian equities portfolio. Robertson was appointed to the AIST board in 2002 and elected ...

Sustainability grows in EMs

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2009
... investments last year in EMs. Slightly more than $71 billion of assets identified represent funds labelled as sustainable investment, with the remainder reflecting mainstream institutional funds committed to integrating ESG within core investment processes. ...