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Generation fund gets three-stars

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
... sustainable investment principles that are moulded around the belief that economic, health, environmental, social and governance factors affect the long-term competitive advantage of a company and its ability to generate profits. Meanwhile, Zenith noted ...

Big improvements in Australian corporate governance: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
Despite popular perception that Australian companies lag the world on corporate governance (CG), a new study has found a very high awareness and real willingness by companies to constructively engage. The report, "The changing roles and responsibilities ...

India-Australia wealth management forum set for take-off

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2007
... finance including Public Private Partnerships and Build-Own-Operate-Transfer models, superannuation management, corporate governance, and in derivatives and hedge funds. To capitalise on the potential, Manallack is leading the first India-Australia Financial ...

Green fund for the mainstream

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
... companies will outperform the market five years out judging on a variety of economic, health, environmental, social and governance factors. Gore distinguishes the fund's approach to that of traditional ethical or socially responsible investment (SRI) ...

Unisuper fills final committee space

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2007
... Dennis Sams' promotion to head of Public Markets. UniSuper is also in the process of filling the role of investment governance and sustainability following the recent departure of Helga Birgden. Ann Byrne, Unisuper's chief executive, said "These latest ...

Labor supports financial services export push

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2007
... in financial services to assist in policy coordination and advice on financial services reforms in superannuation, governance and education. The centre, modeled on similar Dutch and Irish models, would be owned and operated by the sector through peak ...

ESS Super to apply UN investment principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... signing up to the Principles they were signaling to their members they aimed to better identify environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues that have the potential to impact real returns. "The UN Principles for Responsible Investment are relevant ...

Governance key to improving returns

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
Improved governance, risk management and alignment of interests, not investment beliefs, scale and efficient implementation, are key to significantly improving investor returns, according to FuturePlus chief investment officer Terry Newson. Referring ...

The miseducation on research

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2007
... products. Therefore, much reliance is necessarily placed on management interrogation, including capacity, track record, governance and public documents such as product disclosure statements, trust deeds, financial accounts etc," said Cruickshank. Independent ...

ING finds insurance oasis

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2007
... practices," he said. Lowe said the choice came after an external tender process. ""As a trustee these days in a corporate governance environment, when a contract comes up you really need to test the market, and that was a decision that we took. We hired ...