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Mercer hires former FTSE RI director

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
Mercer has hired former FTSE Group director of responsible investment, Will Oulton, as European head of responsible investment. Oulton previously led the management and development of FTSE's responsible investment services including the FTSE4Good, FTSE ...

Norwegian pension excludes tobacco firms

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... providers. Information regarding each company's involvement in tobacco production was sourced from index provider, FTSE Group, and analysis of company websites. Alliance One International, British American Tobacco, Philip Morris, Altria Group, Imperial ...

US firm launches religious ETFs

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... Values fund, FaithShares Christian Values fund and FaithShares Methodist Values fund. The ETFs were developed with FTSE Group and KLD Research and Analytics, which provide information on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in investments. ...

FTSE and ASFA set after-tax world alight

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
... Rosemary Vilgan, chief executive at QSuper, has been appointed chair of the group. Donald Keith, deputy chief executive at FTSE Group, said the indices provide a better representation of the Australian equity market and goes a long way in helping investors ...

FTSE launches enviro tech indices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
FTSE Group has launched seven environmental technology indices. The indices provide exposure to the environmental technology firms that could play a major role as the world's economies shift to a low carbon economy. The indices include the FTSE Environmental ...

FTSE launches Asian sector indices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... Financial planners can access specific Asian sectors such as oil and gas, chemicals and health care for clients after FTSE Group released 18 new sector indices that target the region. This series of indices provide access to countries included on the ...

RIAA adds more members

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
Super Safeguard, The FTSE Group - Australia and Trucost are the new members of the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA). UBS Wealth Management financial adviser, Bernie Connolly; Fortuna Capital Partners consultant, Brookes McTavish ...

GWA opens Melbourne office

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... according to the firm, outperformed through the technology bust in 2000. The firm restructured in 2003 and partnered with FTSE group to develop more indices, again designed to highlight a company's wealth creation using its income, cash flow and book ...

FTSE buys US pensions benchmark corp

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
FTSE Group has bought US based quant firm, Pensions Benchmark Corporation (PBC). All PBC's systems and databases integrated into FTSE, improving the global index provider's research capabilities. This integration will allow FTSE to create new indices ...

FTSE opens environment indices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2008
FTSE Group added nine more indices to its Environmental Opportunities Index Series to cater for investors seeking exposure to water, alternative energy and waste management companies. The nine indices include the FTSE EO 100 Index, Water Technology ...