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UN PRI enlists 400 firms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... month, rising by more than 70 members since the beginning of the year. In total, UN PRI signatories, comprise of asset owners, investment managers and professional services partners represent more than $15 trillion in assets under management. Since the ...

UN PRI assets reach $15tr

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2008
... decision making was identified by signatories as the most difficult to implement. "The increasing percentage of PRI asset owners that are looking at ESG issues when selecting mainstream investment managers should be sending a clear signal to the market ...

Mercer zeroes in on ESG managers

... board on their commitment to good corporate citizenship. According to Mercer, the initiative comes as institutional asset owners become increasingly interested in whether managers behave as active owners of capital and ESG factors are materially integrated ...

Carbon assets in valuation freefall

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... cost of carbon output is now considered by the capital market to be an overwhelming negative. It reinforces fears by asset owners that the introduction of a national carbon trading scheme will impose extra costs that will detract from current business ...

Responsible investing gains momentum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... director of responsible investment at AXA Investment Managers. Despite this, what RI means in practical terms for asset owners and asset managers is still ill-defined, he said. "RI means different things in different markets and even different things ...

HESTA joins better research alliance

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
... corporate governance, human capital management and the environment in their investment metrics. The EAI consists of asset owners and managers collectively responsible for more than US$2.4 trillion. They aim to promote investment research that values ...

Institutions more comfortable with hedge funds: State Street

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2007
... portfolios based upon investors' risk appetite, return targets and overall investment objectives." Results also show asset owners investing in alternatives increased significantly compared to last year, with only 4 percent of asset owners indicating ...

RBC Dexia ranked number one global custodian, again

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2007
... R&M Surveys. RBC Dexia was also named the number one global custody services provider in the UK and Canada and for asset owners and managers. Rob Wright, chief operating officer of RBC Dexia, said, "What makes this achievement particularly meaningful ...

Advisers still misunderstood: FPA

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) have released results from a number of surveys which it says reflect positively on financial planners and which they hope will dispel a number of misconceptions about their roles and value. Kerrie Kelly, chief ...