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PRI members push CSR movement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... (ESG). HESTA Super fund, Care Super, ARIA and Statewide Superannuation Trust are the local firms involved in the move. Donald MacDonald, BT Pension Scheme trustee and PRI chair, said as existing and potential shareholders, the group wants to urge companies ...

EAI merges with PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2008
... will offer PRI the opportunity to make use of EAI's experience in order to translate its principles into execution," said Donald MacDonald, PRI chair. "This will enable us to build on the work EAI has done since inception, allowing us to gain further ...

Super funds are not 'blameless'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... the current capital market crisis and reassess their governance standards instead of blaming other firms, according to Donald MacDonald, BT Pension Fund trustee and UK PRI chair. Speaking at the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) ...

Industry questions dual role of CEO

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2008
... give people freedom to do what they want to do if they can do it well," he said. At the other end of the spectrum, Scott Donald, director fiduciary research at Russell Investments, is not in favour of a chief executive - current or otherwise - joining ...

Credit crisis flicks PRI switch

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
... that investors in general have taken a long hard look at the credit crunch and some of the practices that caused it," said Donald MacDonald, PRI chair. "[Intern, investors have] decided they can benefit from more comprehensive analysis of investment ...

True Index contains residual risk

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2008
... Financial advisers and investors must realise True Index funds are not immune to extreme market events, according to Scott Donald, Russell Investment Group director of fiduciary research. True Index funds aim to replicate an index by investing in an ...

Zurich sets up Climate Change council

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2008

Life ban for adviser after altering codes

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... repeated and deliberate dishonest behaviour, including spending clients' insurance premiums on himself. Another disgraced Donald Maxwell, a promoter of illegal mezzanine fund schemes, was ordered to pay $1.122 million in compensation and penalties in ...

CFS adds muscle to distribution team

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... strategy," said Colonial First State general manager of distribution, Paul Barett. Among some of the key staff recruited is Alex Donald - formerly responsible for managing key account strategy for Zurich's retail business - who has been appointed head ...

BRIC sector splits SRI managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2008
... added many of their funds still outperformed the benchmark. Others like to approach the BRIC debate differently. Scott Donald, director of capital markets research at Russell Investment Group, said it could be counter-productive to reject countries that ...