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S&P launches sinner-free index

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... be inconsistent with Catholic values, according to the Socially Responsible Investment Guidelines outlined by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (US CCB). It specifically avoids companies involved in producing biological weapons, chemical ...

Failure to monitor ESG may breach fiduciary duty

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
A United States Supreme Court ruling has cleared the way for actions against institutions that fail to monitor the effects that climate change has on their portfolios. The Supreme Court held on 18 May 2015 that trustees have a fiduciary duty, emanating ...

Investing is like a game of tennis

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
... alternative assets. Rajan also said lifecycle superannuation funds are gaining traction globally. He said in the United States about $700 billion has been invested in target-date funds during the last five to 10 years. He said the UK market is growing ...

Cash is king at the Future Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... the year "we were very deliberately positioned to take advantage of the stimulus monetary policy in Europe and the United States." But with monetary policy set to tighten and investors expecting an increase in interest rates in the US, the fund has significantly ...

Macquarie exec leaves to join boutique fund manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... Jonathan Horton, who has over 25 years' experience in the industry and worked with Lehman Brothers and UBS in the United States. "In addition to significant growth in our traditional client base of family offices and not-for-profit foundations, we are ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... to other so-called emerging markets like Latin America or Eastern Europe. The only market as interesting is the United States, but the US is a developed market, it is well understood and people tend to invest in it anyway. So it's harder to find untapped ...

ACSI calls for better company disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... framework for foreign bribery with key international peer jurisdictions, in particular the United Kingdom and the United States. ACSI calls for "an offence of 'failure to prevent a culture of bribery', or equivalent, be introduced into Australian law ...

China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... provides Australian fund managers with a significant advantage which is not enjoyed by large competitors such as Japan, United States and most of Europe. It gives us a first mover advantage. This is the regulatory architecture we need to compete in the ...

Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... to enter the space, and the first to leave it in September 2014. At the same time, the Dodd-Frank reforms in the United States and the European Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive have heightened the regulatory environment that funds are facing. ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... Woe is us for there are much more to worry about this present day. For back in December 2011, the economies of the United States, China and emerging markets were expanding, commodity prices were rising, the "Arab Spring" of the first quarter of 2011 ...