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NY fund blacklists Gazprom and Petrobras

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... efforts of this kind have already resulted in 13 companies changing their operations to mitigate conflict and atrocities in Sudan," said Grout. The Conflict Risk Network's founding members include Boston Common Asset Management, Wheaton College, Fire ...

Amnesty pushes for fund review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... statement. Amnesty International maintains Citi owns "sizeable amounts" of assets in some of those companies that operate in Sudan and are known to support the local government. In addition, supporters of Amnesty International's move confirmed one of ...

Alaska fund drops alternatives mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... July 24, 2008 meeting. Meanwhile the fund is also divesting its investments in directly-held companies doing business in Sudan this year - a move that shows their protest of the African country's genocide practices. The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation ...

FTSE war on terror

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
... terror-sponsoring countries. Definitions vary by state with terror-sponsoring countries most commonly identified as Iran, Sudan, Syria and North Korea. FTSE's index will screen out companies with active or current non-humanitarian ties in or with countries ...

BRIC sector splits SRI managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... Global Deep Green Trust, which means they don't invest in Cameroon, North Korea, the Russian Federation, Japan, Norway, Sudan and the People's Republic of China. Hall said by refusing to invest in these markets, fund managers could be missing out but ...

Fidelity responds to Darfur campaign

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
... its home state. The SDC is a coalition of faith-based group sin the US calling for action to stop genocide in Darfur in Sudan. In the actions against Fidelity, the SDC also convinced local state Senators to help pressure the money manager. "Following ...

Energy field nationalism to impact investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
... certain foreign mining company licenses. The trend also seems to be spreading with Kuwait, Algeria, Dubai, Angola, Ecuador, Sudan, Qatar, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan threatening similar moves. Roger Donnelly, EFIC chief economist, said, "None of these ...
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